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So anxious to start his Tennessee career that he became a regular on the sidelines during spring practice, Devrin Young will have to wait a little longer for his first official workout with the program.
On the eve of the start of camp and the first practice of fall camp, the Vols announced a fractured right collarbone for the Bearden product who was expected to compete for a role on special teams as a returner and could have added some versatility as an offensive weapon as well.
The recovery time has yet to be determined for Young, and his status is now up in the air for the season opener against Montana on Sept. 3. According to UT spokesman Jimmy Stanton, his availability will be based on additional, follow-up evaluations.
Young was a fixture on the sidelines during spring practice, showing up regularly to try to get a jump on learning the offense and also sizing up his competition for playing time this fall.
"It's kind of obvious, I'm just right down the street," Young told the News Sentinel in May. "If I was a coach and a hometown kid wasn't at the practices, I would question his commitment and his seriousness about playing for my program."
"I was looking out for competition. I was watching the speed of the practice and the intensity. I was just watching the plays out of the playbook that I've been trying to memorize and compare with that. Really just the whole environment of D-I football practice."
The News Sentinel PrepXtra Offensive Player of the Year last year will have to wait a bit to put that background to use.
Young was expected to at least be in the mix for UT on special teams, where it struggled mightily a season ago to generate much yardage or even consistently field the ball.The 5-8, 165-pounder also could have provided a change of pace offensively with his quickness and elusiveness, which helped him pile up 7,422 all-purpose yards and 83 touchdowns with Bearden.
Now, all that will be on hold for an indeterminate amount of time.
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Comments » 39
TheOpinion writes:
He's out 4-6 weeks. So he'll miss a few games. Most important thing is that we don't rush him back and that he recovers fully.
VOLinATL writes:
Sheesh...injuries before practice even begins!
lomas98 writes:
Too bad losing players to injury before practice begins. Didn't count on him doing too much this year offensively but if he could at least field a punt or gain a few yards for special teams, it would be a plus. I have seen collarbones take up to 2 months and that is just healing time. He will be way far behind offensively and as a true freshman that is not good. I look for him to redshirt unless we have ball control problems on special teams again.
Pompey writes:
.....I see that the Dooley haters are out of the sewer again.....who left the lid off?
thevoice writes:
Looks like these evaluations need to be happening in the late winter or spring. What's with the timing? Seems like this has been going on for years.
HtownVol writes:
I would like for you to explain why the "thin and undersized" Defense of Tennessee was able to hold that powerful LSU team to less points that LSU was able to hold UT to (for 60 minutes, I mean 59 minutes and 59 seconds, I mean..whatever excuse the refs gave).
No matter the outcome of the UT/LSU game in 2010 it was CDD's 1st season at UT with a very thin and inexperiences roster and he was able to give Les Miles all he could handle. I do not know who let 25 players on the field on the last play but...woulda, coulda..
Point is if CDD can all but beat Les at LSU in (year zero) with that roster, then we all know that Les and the rest of the SEC wont be on the W side vs UT very often in the near future.
GO VOLS
easleychuck writes:
Pompey,
The guy is a major troll. He has posted negatively 20+ times since signing up on 7/29.
Every single post is negative. This particular troll was signed up as another version of itself about a week ago. Around 80 something posts, and again, every single one negative. It tries to pass itself off as a long time Vol fan. Yeah, right.
Living under a bridge just seems to fit some vermin to a "T". Sewer living is too nice for this particular troll. Beyond not having a life.
When Coach Dooley has the program back competitive, the bridges will, once again, be troll-free.
LJS1984 writes:
Funny that an LSU fan is now on here talking trash. What's even funnier is his Bayou Bengal Tiger's all time record against Tennessee. 20 losses, 8 wins, and three ties. Go run your mouth to some Vanderbilt fans where you may have some credibility.
clvolfan writes:
If you can't wait a few minutes for the news,maybe you should tune in to Nancy Grace.
VOLliven2it writes:
Hey man leave the trolls under the bridge or under a bus whatever. I am very sad that Devrin Young is injured this badly. We do need him on special teams and he was going to play contrary to what some underthebridges may post or think. Now it looks more like he will make an impact at best later in the season or even 2012. Oh well I just hope this is not a harbinger of injuries to come. GO VOLS and hang in there Devrin.
ProwlinAndGrowlinSmokeyDog writes:
I was looking forward to see him return a kickoff or punt for a TD this year..Looks like that may be next year because broken collarbone injuries shouldn't be taken lightly..He needs to be redshirted immediately so he will have plenty of time to heal.
Smokey is still on the prowl for someone that can field a punt cleanly..
pingkr62 writes:
IT is right. I couldn't have said it better. G.B.O.
pingkr62 writes:
This is just one more thing to look forward too. The future gets brighter all the time. G.B.O.
T-Guy writes:
Devrin Young is the real deal hope he gets well soon LSU fans dont need to worry about us they might need to worry about coming in to our turf hope Devrin is healthy by then
T-Guy writes:
You worry about your tigers hope you all beat boise state Mr young will be back by the time we play LSU in our back yard
Strap writes:
Although this article had nothing to do with LSU, the comments bring to mind my favorite game memory of more than 50 years of pulling for the Vols. The Tigers came to town for homecoming 1959. Yes, that's right, mighty LSU for homecoming! They were ranked number 1 in the nation and LSU's running back, Billy Cannon, would win the Heisman that year. The Tigers dominated the first half but led only 7-0 at the break. Tennessee's single wing couldn't get anything going on offense. But, a pass interception and a fumble led to two quick touchdowns and the Vols suddenly found themselves with a 14-7 lead in the forth quarter. LSU scored late in the game to pull within one point and sent Billy Cannon off right tackle for what would have been a two point conversion to win the game. Just when it appeared that all was lost, Bill Majors came over the top and stopped Cannon dead in his tracks and short of the goal line. Final score, Tennessee 14, Number one LSU 13.
GO VOLS
Mtnbiker writes:
I broke my collarbone doing something stupid and was back to work in 6 weeks, had a setback 4 weeks in doing something stupid. Was odd the first few days back lifting patients(ambulance).
Football, I'd bet on 6 weeks max, he'll be ready by week 3 at the latest. Might be beneficial in that there won't be game film on him for Florida. Surprise!
scvols writes:
How did he break it???
jdcdjc writes:
I was not only there for that game but thought I had one of the worse seats in the stadium until the stop of Billy Cannon, which happened right in front of me.
VOL1972 writes:
Unless the kid is a slow healer, he will be physically able by the 1st of September. Being a freshman, I doubt he was expected to be returning kicks in the opener.
You don't need a lot of practice to run kicks back, so he should be ready if the guys returning kicks aren't what Dooley is looing for.
I,m sure the coaches would be more concerned if it had been a leg or knee injury.
jdcdjc writes:
When you go all the way through the season and the playoffs and win the championship most every year you do face the competition that sometimes you don't during the season. That is what happens at Maryville and Alcoa, and they take out the Knoxville teams on the way to the championships. Maryville has been ranked as high as 7th in the country, not every year but not all teams do make it every year. Just you don't worry about Maryville and Alcoa.
gerwmor writes:
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Volunatic writes:
Well, that's a rough way to start off a UT FB career-- I was hoping he could be the punt returner this season.
On the bright side, some guys heal up from broken collar bones very quickly.
Best of luck in a speedy recovery, Devrin!
TommyJack writes:
Am I missing something? Where is it reported on how the break occurred?
MusicCityVol writes:
This is a sad deal but he'll be back returning kicks for the Vols in the near future. It's great to see TN kids succeed. I think Young will.
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smokies_old_soul writes:
Not one word on how he cracked his collarbone ?????
where did you go to journalism school ??
NeylandWest writes:
Man, those collar bone fractures are a nightmare! Heal up, Devrin!
johnlg00 writes:
It all depends; some collarbone fractures are worse than others. It could have just been a hairline or partial fracture in the middle of the bone or it could have been a more serious one at either end of the bone involving the sternum or the shoulder joint. If it is the former, he could be back by the first game; if the latter, he could miss the whole season. Gotta say, I was really looking forward to seeing what he could do in the return game.
msinva writes:
Good call,
I've been waiting to see who would finally get this. The comments are usually pretty good, but the name gives it away
Papermate = writer
Chinese Bandit = LSU
It's definitely JA.
Keep em coming Papermate, it's fun to watch you play with the overly emotional ones.
Colliervol writes:
"Likely happening in Knoxville now". I am always astounded at how people jump to conclusions on coaches after one year like they have a crystal ball or something. That is the most absurd thing that fans do in my opinion. Take one year and try to make a judgement on the direction of a program when they have no insight into what's really going on. Or, as in 90% of the cases, don't have an understanding of what it takes to rebuild a ship that has sunk.
Dooley may or may not turn out to be a good hire but you durn sure don't have a clue if it is or not right now. And neither does anyone else. One has to give it at least 3 years before we will know. This program was in the dumper when Fulmer was canned. (The talent level now clearly shows that.) And despite Kibble's good recruiting year, that turned out to be Fool's Gold. Few of the "blue chippers" he recruited are left.
Colliervol writes:
Yeah but they forgot to put in how he broke it. One would think their crack reporters would at least ask the question. If Devrin broke it before practice started, I'm a bit worried about him. How does a 165 lb running back hold up against SEC competition if you break something before practice starts?
mtnbikrtn writes:
Did you fall off your bike?
GerryOP writes:
How do you come up with the nonsense you post? You sound like Lil' ZZGataBoy. Like you, most of his stuff is simply silly nonsense.
VOODOOley-2011 (Inactive) writes:
Can you break a collar-bone from falling off a bar stool?
Ringleader writes:
Only if the stool comes back and stomps you.
pdhuff#552644 writes:
Big bass got that way by not rising to the bait.
GBO
orangecountyvols writes:
msinva,
Very good observation.This figures to be Adams doesn't it? Nothing to write about so he puts on the troll costume. Purple and gold gives him away..................
johnlg00 writes:
He wasn't going to get much if any run at RB. He was recruited almost exclusively as a returner or maybe a change-of-pace WR.
UTbassdrummer writes:
How he broke it hasn't been disclosed. They say he hurt it last week (they originally called it his shoulder) but the collarbone didn't start bothering him until the night it was announced. Could be slight. Dude is crazy fast/elusive. Going to be great on returns.
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