Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Talented Florida offensive lineman Roderick Johnson will no longer play football after being diagnosed with with congenital cervical stenosis. Per GatorZone.com:
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Florida’s medical staff has diagnosed Johnson, a redshirt sophomore who started three games last season, with congenital cervical stenosis. The condition is a narrowing of the spinal canal enveloping the spinal cord, preventing enough fluid to gather around the spinal cord to properly protect it from injury.

Cervical stenosis ended the career of New York Giants running back David Wilson last year and forced Cooper Manning, the brother of NFL quarterbacks Eli and Peyton Manning, to retire from football during his college career at Ole Miss.
Johnson experienced numbness in his fingers after suffering a "stinger" on April 3 during a scrimmage.

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Feel for the guy ... We are all human 1st then football players.... Prayers to you brother!
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Hate it for that young man, I hope he stays in school and gets his degree.
I know its not what he wanted but he can still be very successful in life.
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I dont understand his tweet
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MSG
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Uncalled for Chicken
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MSG
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Uncalled for Chicken
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Is he one of the dudes that was blocking his own teammate?
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