OL Zion Nelson

[Virginia_Cane]

What was his injury? Knee?

 

[Rellyrell]

No cap, I swear when our players get injured….

Nvm

 

[cway313]

How many years of eligibility does he have? Could he be the next Mccormick?

 

[Madabs]

How many years of eligibility does he have? Could he be the next Mccormick?

2019 Started 13 games
2020 Played in 10 started 7
2021 Started in 12 games (Extra Covid Year)
2022 Played 1 game

So he’s got 2 years left. He should have degree at this point also.

 

[Chicho Salchicha]

Don't be a disrespectful *******.









It's Dr. McCormick.

My most sincerest apologies...how dare I.

 

[grover]

2019 Started 13 games
2020 Played in 10 started 7
2021 Started in 12 games (Extra Covid Year)
2022 Played 1 game

So he’s got 2 years left. He should have degree at this point also.

Barring more injuries, Zion will never supplant McCormick. But if he plays his cards right, he could leapfrog Scott Patchan.

 

[Cylo]

What was his injury? Knee?

yep, word is Zion got no cartilage in his knees

 

[N.M.B. Cane]

 

[TriStarCane]

No cap, I swear when our players get injured….

Nvm

I’ve seen soldiers with battle wounds recover faster

 

[passitback]

This dude aint playing. Get it out of your minds. It aint gonna happen. If it does, it is a miracle.

With that said, how many more years is he gonna be on this roster?

 

[jdg3158]

Very sad for Zion. He's never playing again most likely. I also heard no cartilage in the knees and the body just can't handle the weight. He's probably already accounted for with regards to his scholarship moving to another player but still being part of the team - but who knows.

 

[Silver King]

Back in Nov:

At this point, they'll probably negotiate a Two-State Solution before he returns.

Said it before and am sticking to it:
https://www.csis.org/analysis/war-gaza-and-death-two-state-solution

 

[edge]

yep, word is Zion got no cartilage in his knees

This is what I suspected. Question is, why has he not medically retired? Maybe he is trying some cutting edge stem cell treatment.

 

[Cookie917]

This is what I suspected. Question is, why has he not medically retired? Maybe he is trying some cutting edge stem cell treatment.

My only response as to why not medically retire is it could be a moot point. Isnt he a 4th year junior? He likely has his degree and last year I remember (believe it was D$) saying he was medically cleared for fall camp and there were a few pics of him out there. Sounded like he was going to give it a go then after a few games (again think it was D$) came back and said same source not as optimistic, wasnt a setback but just an issue.

Perhaps the plan was to try and see what could be done. I think someone else commented it was degenerative and basically it was about pain management and what he can or cannot do. Now with the season over he could just finish out this year, graduate, and no need to retire. The way Mario keeps all this ish on lock as well he could be medically retired and we wouldn't know.

 

[Trav]

This is what I suspected. Question is, why has he not medically retired? Maybe he is trying some cutting edge stem cell treatment.

You can play that way, you're just gonna pay for it down the line and it depends on pain tolerance. He's probably weighing that.

 

[Citizen Cane]

BPC-157 and TB-500 stack would do the trick . IYKYK

 

[Jesscane]

 

[gogeta4]

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last szn this time he was in workout videos as well.

This is 1 weird situation

 

[Dwinstitles]

This dude aint playing. Get it out of your minds. It aint gonna happen. If it does, it is a miracle.

With that said, how many more years is he gonna be on this roster?

Once Mario recruited elite OLineman I knew this dude would never see the field again.

 

[816Cane]

I'm not sure what his injury is and I hope he is able to make a return this season, but with the speculation around cartilage there is good and bad news with those type of injuries.

Good is, that there are procedures and options with both real and synthetic cartilage to be transplanted via autograph or allograft for a patient that do have good outcomes, and return to function.

The bad is, those procedures can go sideways quick for a wide variety of reasons both intra-operatively and down the road during rehab. Dependant on surgical pathway(s) taken, these procedures can be revised several times.

Worst case the kid ends up with a hemi or full knee replacement at 30ish.