HOOVER, Ala. — LSU freshman running back Derrius Guice should be OK after passing out at the football facility Wednesday night.
Coach Les Miles confirmed that Guice has been released from the hospital. He received treated for dehydration and a low blood sugar reaction, “both of which can be caused by exercise,” NOLA.com reported.
Guice took to Twitter to clarify that he didn’t pass out during or after a workout.
Les Miles on RB Derrius Guice: "Everything I hear is that he's okay … It was a concern. We needed to back him off, get him relaxed." #LSU
— Ben Love (@LAbenlove) July 16, 2015
Les Miles on RB Derrius Guice who was taken to the hospital yesterday "He's undergoing tests…we do not know exactly what ailment it is."
— KSLA News 12 Sports (@KSLASports) July 16, 2015
Les said he will visit TB Derrius Guice as soon as he returns to BR. Guice out of hospital after testing after he passed out Wednesday.
— Glenn Guilbeau (@SportBeatTweet) July 16, 2015
#LSU coach Les Miles: Derrius Guice had a great summer. Undergoing tests, don't know what the ailment is. (Passed out on Wednesday)#SECMD15
— JimKleinpeter (@JimKleinpeter) July 16, 2015
Miles has singled out Guice on more than one occasion as a player who could contribute as a freshman.
Guice was the No. 5 overall running back in the 2015 recruiting class, according to the 247Sports composite rankings.
Leonard Fournette is LSU’s unquestioned No. 1 running back and should get the majority of the carries. Darrel Williams got some carries as a freshman in 2014 and enters the fall as the backup, but many expected Guice to become part of the rotation.
Getting transported to the hospital in an ambulance and losing consciousness never is good, so we’re glad that Guice is OK.
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
