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Tyson Gentry (Official Thread)

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The good news with a longer read of Hazell's interview was also reported on BN this evening.

To quote Hazell -
According to Hazell, Gentry has remained close to the program.
?I call him all the time and he wants to know, ?When can I come and watch film?? ? Hazell said. ?He?s been a great inspiration for all of us. It?s been awesome.?
Hazell said the players were excited to hear about Gentry?s progress.
?I wrote it on our tip sheet,? he said. ?I put it on the back of the tip sheet, ?He moved a toe.? There was an emotional rush for the guys. That?s huge.?
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Injured Gentry surprises sister by moving toe


Thursday, October 12, 2006Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus -- Three weeks ago, injured Ohio State football player Tyson Gentry, confined to a wheelchair since breaking a vertebra during a Buckeye scrimmage this spring, was talking about what his sister, Ashley, has done for him.
"She's treating me well," Gentry said. "Everything she's done for me, she's made a lot of sacrifices to be with me."
Ashley, who's been living with and caring for her brother while he continues as a student at Ohio State, had a moment of hope Tuesday night. According to Ohio State officials and coaches, when she pulled off her brother's left shoe, he moved his toe.
While Gentry is able to move his arms, movement in a part of his body that far away from his neck injury was a reason for optimism seven months after his injury occurred.
"That's huge. This gives him a lot of hope," Ohio State wide receivers coach Darrell Hazell said Wednesday. "He's ecstatic and his family is ecstatic. It's a good feeling right now."
Gentry took the field at halftime of Ohio State's game with Penn State on Sept. 23, joined by former Nittany Lion Adam Taliaferro, who walked four months after breaking a vertebra against Ohio State in 2000. And Gentry remains around the team. Hazell said the walk-on receiver is constantly asking to watch more game film.
"He's been a great inspiration for all of us," Hazell said.
 
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Dispatch

OHIO STATE NOTEBOOK

Gentry able to move toes on left foot
Recent improvement in paralyzed player lifts the spirits of everyone involved

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH




Tyson Gentry can keep a secret, but he doesn?t have much of a poker face.
The former Ohio State player has been in a wheelchair since suffering a broken vertebra in his neck during a scrimmage April 14. He has had limited arm movement and no lower-body movement.
Until Monday. That?s when he discovered he could wiggle his toes on his left foot.
"He thought he felt something, but he didn?t say anything to anyone right away," Gentry?s mother, Gloria, said. "He was laughing all day Monday, and (his sister and roommate) Ashley was like, ?What are you laughing at??
"Finally, he shared it with her on Tuesday. He wanted to make sure it continued and it wasn?t just happening there one time and not the next."
Gloria said the development has the family "very, very excited," and she and her husband, Bob, have seen Tyson since then. She said doctors have not told the family anything about what this might mean for Tyson?s future recovery.
But it certainly lifted the spirits of Tyson?s former teammates. Assistant coach Darrell Hazell told the receivers yesterday afternoon. Gentry was working as a receiver at the time of his injury.
"It was just an emotional rush over the guys," Hazell said. "That was huge for the guys."
Coach Jim Tressel broke the news to the full team later yesterday.
Gloria Gentry said the family was prepared to be patient and keep trusting that more improvements would come.
"Even if it?s minor, it?s been very well received," she said. "It?s pretty special."
Surgery for Patterson

School spokesman Steve Snapp confirmed yesterday that defensive tackle David Patterson had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Tuesday to repair a sprained medial collateral ligament suffered Saturday against Bowling Green.
Tressel said he didn?t expect Patterson to play at Michigan State, but the team still is hopeful he might return for a game Oct. 21 against Indiana.
Two years ago, safety Donte Whitner had similar knee surgery and played in a game less than two weeks later.
Daydreaming

Quarterback Troy Smith has consistently deflected talk of his Heisman Trophy chances. But he did admit he has moments when he allows himself to think about winning.
"I?d be lying if I told you I don?t sit at home and think about taking that trip to those award places and being announced as a winner of some of them," he said.
Then he flipped the team-first switch back on.
"But that?s neither here nor there; right now, it?s Michigan State," he said. "I can?t allow myself to go overboard and think about things that involve just myself, because without my team I wouldn?t be up for the running of any of that."
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Hopefully this is the first of many obstacle's cleared by Ty in his recovery progress.

I don't wanna be off-base here, but I do have a problem with the article written by Mr. Gordon about Ty and his being a "former player." In reality, Ty is an "injured player." Nothing that I've heard leads me to believe that he's no longer involved in the football program. He's a listed player on the 2006 Buckeye team roster and should be addressed as such. Peace.
 
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Heard today during the broadcast for the MSU game that Tyson has moved four toes. I don't know if this is an update from when he moved the initial one, but moving four of them is certainly a positive sign if he had started with only one, and shows that he is making progress, no matter what level it is.
 
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ScarletBlood31;634013; said:
Heard today during the broadcast for the MSU game that Tyson has moved four toes. I don't know if this is an update from when he moved the initial one, but moving four of them is certainly a positive sign if he had started with only one, and shows that he is making progress, no matter what level it is.
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Toes, 4, moving?

That has to be new information.

Very good sign if that count is on though, very good sign indeed.
 
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