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4/24
OHIO STATE NOTEBOOK
Cornerback still dealing with fallout from injury
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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Freshman cornerback Kurt Coleman made a spectacular play yesterday in the Ohio State spring game. He said he planned to say a prayer last night. Not one of thanks for that play but one for reserve receiver Tyson Gentry, who nine days ago suffered a serious spinal injury in practice.
Gentry is still in intensive care in OSU Medical Center, a school spokesman said yesterday. He has undergone two surgical procedures, but other than that there has been no official word on his condition or prognosis.
It’s still not clear whether it was the hit by Coleman or hitting the ground in an awkward way that shattered the vertebra in Gentry’s cervical spine. But Coleman, though not able to visit Gentry, has kept him in his thoughts.
"I have sent him several letters and prayed for him every night," Coleman said. "It’s a tough thing."
Only a month out of Northmont High School in Clayton, Coleman used the spring to get a head start on his college career. His leaping interception at the goal line for the Scarlet in its 12-0 win yesterday put an exclamation point on that.
But for a time after Gentry’s injury, "At first I was really discouraged; I didn’t know if I really wanted to hit anyone else hard," Coleman said. "But then I sat down and thought about it. It’s the game, and it can happen to anyone."
Seeing it happen was rough on everyone, redshirt freshman receiver Brian Hartline said, yet three days later he had no qualms about catching passes over the middle.
The one thing I was thinking about (the afternoon) when he went down was, ‘Man, I don’t want to go back out there’ at that time," Hartline said. "But the next day, I honestly have to admit I just didn’t think about it."
But off the field, they think of Gentry often, Hartline said, and he had a message for him: "Everything happens for a reason, Tyson. Keep the Lord in your thoughts and he’ll take care of you."
4/24
OHIO STATE NOTEBOOK
Cornerback still dealing with fallout from injury
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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Freshman cornerback Kurt Coleman made a spectacular play yesterday in the Ohio State spring game. He said he planned to say a prayer last night. Not one of thanks for that play but one for reserve receiver Tyson Gentry, who nine days ago suffered a serious spinal injury in practice.
Gentry is still in intensive care in OSU Medical Center, a school spokesman said yesterday. He has undergone two surgical procedures, but other than that there has been no official word on his condition or prognosis.
It’s still not clear whether it was the hit by Coleman or hitting the ground in an awkward way that shattered the vertebra in Gentry’s cervical spine. But Coleman, though not able to visit Gentry, has kept him in his thoughts.
"I have sent him several letters and prayed for him every night," Coleman said. "It’s a tough thing."
Only a month out of Northmont High School in Clayton, Coleman used the spring to get a head start on his college career. His leaping interception at the goal line for the Scarlet in its 12-0 win yesterday put an exclamation point on that.
But for a time after Gentry’s injury, "At first I was really discouraged; I didn’t know if I really wanted to hit anyone else hard," Coleman said. "But then I sat down and thought about it. It’s the game, and it can happen to anyone."
Seeing it happen was rough on everyone, redshirt freshman receiver Brian Hartline said, yet three days later he had no qualms about catching passes over the middle.
The one thing I was thinking about (the afternoon) when he went down was, ‘Man, I don’t want to go back out there’ at that time," Hartline said. "But the next day, I honestly have to admit I just didn’t think about it."
But off the field, they think of Gentry often, Hartline said, and he had a message for him: "Everything happens for a reason, Tyson. Keep the Lord in your thoughts and he’ll take care of you."
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