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Prince Tega played all of 2020 season with torn meniscus
Posted on 3/25/20 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 3/25/20 at 3:24 pm
What was thought was only a strain suffered in the Ducks game turned into much worse diagnosis found at the Senior Bowl.
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He was counting on his pro day to improve his draft position but the virus has prevented that from happening with draft currently scheduled for third week of April. Damn I feel bad for him. Wish they would have found that after the Ducks game.
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It was my lateral meniscus,” Tega said. “I tweaked it the first game against Oregon. In the second game I tore it. I knew something was wrong with it and we had X-Rays and an MRI, but they thought it was just a strain. Just playing through the season it got even worse.
At the Senior Bowl it was swollen and they found it," he said. " I came back to Pensacola and met with Dr. (James) Andrews. He did another MRI, but you can’t really tell with the MRI. It doesn’t really look major. When he went in he saw it was actually bad and had to fix it.”
He was counting on his pro day to improve his draft position but the virus has prevented that from happening with draft currently scheduled for third week of April. Damn I feel bad for him. Wish they would have found that after the Ducks game.
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Posted on 3/25/20 at 3:36 pm to RockyMtnTigerWDE
Well that explains some of his issues this year. Can't believe our staff didn't find it. Hate it for Prince
Posted on 3/25/20 at 5:41 pm to RockyMtnTigerWDE
That’s impressive
Posted on 3/25/20 at 6:43 pm to Rig
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That’s impressive
Its actually disappointing that our staff couldn't accurately diagnose his issue
Posted on 3/25/20 at 6:46 pm to HailToTheChiz
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Its actually disappointing that our staff couldn't accurately diagnose his issue
Gus's fault. No doubt
Posted on 3/25/20 at 7:00 pm to HailToTheChiz
If we are upset with anybody, it would be Andrews/his team.
This post was edited on 3/25/20 at 7:02 pm
Posted on 3/25/20 at 8:26 pm to HailToTheChiz
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Its actually disappointing that our staff couldn't accurately diagnose his issue
Medical and training staff that is
Posted on 3/25/20 at 9:41 pm to Rhymenoceros
So sounds like after x-rays and 2 MRI's Dr. Andrew (and his team) couldn't tell how the strain or tear was. So did surgery and found out it was a legit tear. So kudo to Tega for toughing it out for his team. Unless it was just strained and then tore it later due to the strain no harm no foul. And hopefully now it completely repaired and looking good to go after recovery. In my opinion he will still be a 3-5 round draft choice.
Posted on 3/26/20 at 7:28 am to LanierSpots
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Gus's fault. No doubt
Posted on 3/26/20 at 7:57 am to HailToTheChiz
That is actually unacceptable considering the $$$ and attention poured into this program. Just another black eye that will hurt with recruiting
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:00 am to Luke
You do realize that all of the scans that happen to our players get sent to Andrews right? If the best doctors in the world didn't see it, what makes you think our staff would have?
Posted on 3/26/20 at 4:22 pm to JamalSanders
This will not hurt recruiting. It's a torn meniscus. It's not like his leg was falling off. It can be painful, it can swell some but to think some long term damage was created is nonsense. Unless a player couldn't move or walk with it any D1 player would play through it and have it taken care of after the season.
We find some of the strangest ways to self deprecate our program.
We find some of the strangest ways to self deprecate our program.
Posted on 3/26/20 at 10:25 pm to CorchJay
quote:. Especially for an ol guy. A lot of them play with acl issues
This will not hurt recruiting. It's a torn meniscus. It's not like his leg was falling off. It can be painful, it can swell some but to think some long term damage was created is nonsense. Unless a player couldn't move or walk with it any D1 player would play through it and have it taken care of after the season.
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