ISU Loses Starting LB

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Iowa State Linebacker Adam Carper Out for the Season

 

AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State outside linebacker Adam Carper has sustained injuries to the medial collateral (MCL) ligament and the anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL) of his left knee and will miss the rest of the season, Cyclone head coach Dan McCarney said Thursday. McCarney said the injury occurred in practice Tuesday. Carper had started every game at SAM linebacker this season. He is fourth on the team with 39 tackles in 2006.

 

"The toughest part of coaching is dealing with injuries of this nature," Iowa State head coach Dan McCarney said. "Adam is dealing with this as well as possible and he will be ready for the start of the 2007 football season. He is one of the finest people in our program. Obviously, he will be missed."

Big blow to the already weak ISU defense.

 
I thought that we were the only ones that had injuries like this. That is a tough break for that young man. Five games in is too far for a medical redshirt isn't it? At least he is in good spirits.

 
gamecocks said:
I thought that we were the only ones that had injuries like this. That is a tough break for that young man. Five games in is too far for a medical redshirt isn't it? At least he is in good spirits.
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Here’s what the NCAA Bylaws say:

Hardship Waiver. A student-athlete may be granted an additional year of competition by the conference or the Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet for reasons of “hardship.” Hardship is defined as an incapacity resulting from an injury or illness that has occurred under all of the following conditions: (Revised: 8/8/02)

a. The incapacitating injury or illness occurs in one of the four seasons of intercollegiate competition at any two-year or four-year collegiate institution or occurs subsequent to the first day of classes in the student-athlete’s senior year in high school; (Revised: 1/10/92 effective 8/1/92, 11/01/01, 8/8/02)

b. The injury or illness occurs prior to the completion of the first half of the playing season that concludes with the NCAA championship in that sport (measured by the number of scheduled contests or dates of competition not exceeding the maximum limitations in each sport as set forth in Bylaw 17 as set prior to the first scheduled contest or date of competition of the designated official NCAA championship playing season in the applicable sport or the number of completed contests or dates of competition) and results in incapacity to compete for the remainder of that playing season; and (Revised: 1/14/97 effective 8/1/97, 4/26/01 effective 8/1/01, 4/3/02)

c. The injury or illness occurs when the student-athlete has not participated in more than two contests or dates of competition (whichever is applicable to that sport) or 20 percent (whichever number is greater) of the institution’s scheduled or completed contests or dates of competition in his or her sport. Only scheduled or completed competition (including exempted events but excluding scrimmages and exhibition contests identified as such in the legislation) against outside participants during the playing season that concludes with the NCAA championship, or, if so designated, during the official NCAA championship playing season in that sport (e.g., spring baseball, fall soccer), shall be countable under this limitation in calculating both the number of contests or dates of competition in which the student-athlete has participated and the number of scheduled or completed contests or dates of competition during that season in the sport. (Revised: 1/10/92, 1/14/97 effective 8/1/97, 4/26/01 effective 8/1/01, 3/10/04, 5/11/05, 8/4/05)

 
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Yeah just heard about this on the news here...........bad deal for ISU.............but short of sounding like a jerk it's good for us!!!! ;) I hope he gets better for next season............

 
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