“I’m trying to do early enrollment,” he said. “I’m trying to get over there in January and have extra time to develop and get used to the school life.”
I also noticed he had back surgery last year that scared off most schools who were looking at him. It’s always a concern with back injuries, but I’m comfortable that our staff feels he’s fully recovered.
I’m also curious to see what our strength and conditioning program does to his body. I would expect he’d replace a lot fat with muscle with a net weight loss of 30-40 lbs.
I feel like back surgeries, like knee surgeries, have gotten so much better over the years. Sebastian Volmer had a back issue, healed, and played a nice career in the NFL for the Patriots.
Yep. It’ll take probably 2 years to get his body ready for D1 so I hope Paul and whoever is on the other side stick around until their eligibility is used up. Probably wishful thinking for Paul. I like Dana’s determination to red-shirt O-linemen.
I was hoping that we could get him. This is a major step up for us.
What kind of back surgery was it and was it track & field related? I would like to know.