Optimistic News Regarding Jason Allen’s Hip Injury
Another update to the Thoughts and Prayers for Tennessee Volunteer Jason Allen post.
GoVolsXtra (subscription required) is reporting that they have learned from a source that “Allen suffered a dislocated hip and will be on crutches up to six weeks, but that surgery will not be required.”
If true, the fact that Allen’s injury won’t require surgery makes it less serious than Bo Jackson’s hip injury. Bo Jackson’s football career ended after his hip-replacement surgery in 1991. He was able to resume a career in baseball, but he was never the same.
Allen’s hip injury is also believed to be less serious than that of former Volunteer Deon Grant’s, who missed his entire first year in the NFL after fracturing his hip during training camp. He came back the year after that and has started 69 consecutive games for the Carolina Panthers.
Of course, both Bo Jackson and Deon Grant had already signed NFL contracts when they suffered their respective injuries. Allen will need to be even better than he was before in order to overcome the cloud the injury places on his draft stock, so continue to pray that he recovers quickly as well as completely.
October 10th, 2005 at 10:14 am
[...] If true, the fact that Allen’s injury won’t require surgery makes it less serious than Bo Jackson’s hip injury. Bo Jackson’s football career ended after his hip-replacement surgery in 1991. He was able to resume a career in baseball, but he was never the same. Read More… [...]
November 19th, 2005 at 12:06 pm
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January 12th, 2006 at 10:25 pm
[...] According to a GoVolsXtra source (subscription required), Allen’s injury is “similar to the hip injury suffered by former UT safety Deon Grant.” The article also said, however, that Allen’s hip is merely dislocated and not fractured, which is contrary to what I read and repeated here. In any event, it’s good news that the injury will not end Allen’s football career. [...]
January 12th, 2006 at 10:28 pm
[...] Optimistic News Regarding Jason Allen’s Injury [...]
July 27th, 2006 at 10:28 pm
[...] Over the course of the next week, Allen and Vol fans received some promising news regarding his hip injury. It turned out that the hip was dislocated but not fractured, meaning that it was more like former Vol Deon Grant’s hip injury than Bo Jackson’s. Allen ended up missing the rest of his senior season, but he maintained a positive attitude throughout the ordeal and was eventually drafted by the Miami Dolphins as the 16th overall pick. [...]