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Marcus Lattimore Will Enter the 2013 Draft

D. Wash — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:16:48 +0000

Ever since the world saw Marcus Lattimore suffer one of the worst knee injuries in college football history, there has been a lot of speculation where he would play next. If ever. Coach Steve Spurrier even had the audacity to infer that Lattimore would consider sitting out another year only to return and play ANOTHER year for the Gamecocks.

No way that is happening now, because Lattimore has announced he is taking his talents to the NFL Draft:

According to ESPN.com‘s Joe Schad, Lattimore has decided to forego his remaining year of eligibility at South Carolina and make himself available for the April NFL draft. An official announcement is expected at some point this week, Schad reports.

Good for Marcus. Hopefully Willis McGahee links up with him and slides him some numbers to some good trainers.

Spurrier Says South Carolina “Maybe Getting Lattimore Back” But He Should Enter the Draft and Here’s Why

D. Wash — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:04:41 +0000

This is the third article in a row on the same subject and I hate to beat a dead horse, but this has to be said. If you have been waiting for a good rant please go grab a Sprite and come back.

Steve Spurrier, the ol’ ball coach, made a statement that just irked me regarding Marcus Lattimore’s injury. He said, and I quote “we may be getting Marcus Lattimore back” in regards to Lattimore’s playing prospects.

What? What? WHAAAAAAAAAAT?

If I am Marcus Lattimore the next thing Steve Spurrier, or anyone at the University of South Carolina will see is the back of my head as I am leaving school.

This has to be Lattimore’s final season playing collegiate football. He’s already torn ligaments in BOTH knees. What good will red-shirting him to comeback in 2014 do for Marcus? He’s given this team both knees, and probably the peak athletic years of his life for free.

Spurrier is basically saying, “when ya get well, COME ON BACK AND GET HIT IN THE KNEES FOR FREE SOME MORE!”

You have got to be kidding me.

Marcus has to look at the careers of Willis McGahee and Frank Gore as inspiration to hire a great agent (YA BOY is available Marcus) and get himself drafted. Remember Willis McGahee couldn’t compete in the combine and instead chose to do a private workout consisting mainly of squats to show NFL teams he was on the road to recovery. That private workout got Willis drafted in the first round by the Buffalo Bills. You don’t think that now, especially with the cap friendly CBA in place, that some team wouldn’t grab Marcus Lattimore with an early second round pick?

If I were a betting man I’d bet anything that even injured Lattimore goes no later than the third round. Bad knee and all.

All in all, the idea of him playing more football for free is just silly. Get healthy, get yourself drafted, and earn what you can while you can.

Marcus Lattimore Injury Update

D. Wash — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:12:11 +0000

Saturday we all saw Marcus Lattimore of South Carolina suffer what can only be described as a Willis McGahee 2.0 leg injury. It looked horrific. No knee should ever bend the way his did.

Early rumors were that Lattimore broke his patella, femur, and tore all of the knee ligaments. However an update to the situation shows that Lattimore did not suffer any damage to his knee cap:

Dr. Jeffrey Guy updated to some degree Lattimore’s situation, with some good news sprinkled in with the bad.

In the release, Guy confirmed that a “hyperextension of the knee resulted in injury to several ligaments.” What ligaments were involved and the extent of the injuries to the ligaments — full or partial tears — were not disclosed.

That’s the bad. The good? The release went on to state that “[t]here were no fractures or additional injuries.”