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Elijah Arroyo talks return after injury

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"Our tight end group is pretty selfless," Arroyo explained. "We'll do whatever it takes to win, whether they want us to block, be on the perimeter, or catch balls. We'll be ready to do whatever they ask of us."

Translation: I'll be blocking all night Saturday.
 
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I said this 50x during the summer so this is absolutely NOT an “I told you so” post, more just we need to all be educated in the future.

Mid-season ACLs are 2 year injuries in college, almost always. I said all summer that if this kid contributed much at all, I’d be pleasantly surprised. Well, it was a completely wasted year. The pros can barely come back in a year or under, and it’s their entire life to rehab and train to get back. It’s borderline impossible for a college kid. It does happen, but it’s VERY much the exception to the rule. So we need to understand that if a kid blows his knee out in October or November, as ****** as it is, they’re very unlikely to contribute IN THE SAME CAPACITY AS THEY DID PRE-INJURY, the next season.

Now here’s the good news. I don’t think we had a single ACL or knee ligament injury this year, did we?
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
I said this 50x during the summer so this is absolutely NOT an “I told you so” post, more just we need to all be educated in the future.

Mid-season ACLs are 2 year injuries in college, almost always. I said all summer that if this kid contributed much at all, I’d be pleasantly surprised. Well, it was a completely wasted year. The pros can barely come back in a year or under, and it’s their entire life to rehab and train to get back. It’s borderline impossible for a college kid. It does happen, but it’s VERY much the exception to the rule. So we need to understand that if a kid blows his knee out in October or November, as ****** as it is, they’re very unlikely to contribute IN THE SAME CAPACITY AS THEY DID PRE-INJURY, the next season.

Now here’s the good news. I don’t think we had a single ACL or knee ligament injury this year, did we?
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Was Samson or Kelly injury ever said?
 
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Silentobserver said:
While here? Is he leaving for some reason?
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I have no clue but it wouldn't surprise me to see him bounce to an SMU. There hasn't been much TE utilization until yesterday. Not saying SMU is like Iowa but, he may seek to go somewhere that doesn't have him block 90% of the time that he is on the field.
 
Jaxcane4 said:
Was Samson or Kelly injury ever said?
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Good point. Samson might be in this boat, I’m not sure. For some reason I thought Kelly wasn’t a knee but not sure there either. Let’s hope neither tore an ACL, obviously. But we’ll likely never know. I’ll get the details of Area 51 before we know what kinds of boo-boo’s the kids here have.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
Good point. Samson might be in this boat, I’m not sure. For some reason I thought Kelly wasn’t a knee but not sure there either. Let’s hope neither tore an ACL, obviously. But we’ll likely never know. I’ll get the details of Area 51 before we know what kinds of boo-boo’s the kids here have.
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Was Mesidor an ankle ? Thought he was lower extremity related
 
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Mr. Dynasty1 said:
I have no clue but it wouldn't surprise me to see him bounce to an SMU. There hasn't been much TE utilization until yesterday. Not saying SMU is like Iowa but, he may seek to go somewhere that doesn't have him block 90% of the time that he is on the field.
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The lack of TE use might have more to due to lack of healthy bodies (hopefully that's the case) and/or ready bodies minus old man Cam.

Arroyo and Williams next year would be a nice duo if Dawson ever figured out how to attack the seams
 
Riley Williams is young but TrumpyCane does not see any explosiveness, the one catch Aaroyo had yesterday showed some quick burst

TrumpyCane thinks he stays and starts next year
 
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Mr. Dynasty1 said:
I have no clue but it wouldn't surprise me to see him bounce to an SMU. There hasn't been much TE utilization until yesterday. Not saying SMU is like Iowa but, he may seek to go somewhere that doesn't have him block 90% of the time that he is on the field.
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Chicken or the egg. Maybe the TE position didn't catch passes b/c we had a 25 yr old blocker with no hands/wiggle, a true Freshman, and an injured Arroyo ?
 
TrumpyCane said:
Riley Williams is young but TrumpyCane does not see any explosiveness, the one catch Aaroyo had yesterday showed some quick burst

TrumpyCane thinks he stays and starts next year
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I noticed that too. Decent hands but looked sluggish. Maybe he gained a bit too much weight year 1 or he's nursing an injury that's limiting him.
 
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