Barry Odom confirms another Mizzou tight end has been injured during fall camp
The Missouri Tigers have had a rough fall camp in terms of tight end health, with starter Albert Okwuegbunam and top backup Daniel Parker Jr. missing time.
That has led to more opportunities for junior Brendan Scales, though, and he’d been a surprise of camp so far.
However, on Thursday, coach Barry Odom revealed that Scales had broken a bone in his foot on Wednesday (via Dave Matter of STLToday.com):
Junior tight end Brendan Scales underwent surgery Thursday morning for a broken bone in his foot, the fifth metatarsal, he suffered Wednesday, Odom said. He’s expected to miss six to eight weeks.
Obviously, that 6-8 week timeline includes several regular-season games, so it’s a tough break for the Tigers.
Even if Okwuegbunam and Parker are able to come back for Week 1, Scales had played well enough during camp to earn some playing time this fall.
This many early injuries doesn’t bode well for the athletic training staff. Injury prevention activities, including technique, are part of a strength and conditioning program year round.
That’s more an issue with soft tissue than bone injuries, but yes, it is indeed something the staff needs to ask themselves.
What’s Albert O’s injury?
Knee + break glass for best TE — in my opinion.
Any news on how Swinson is performing at TE? Is he not progressing or something? He was injured last year but should be healthy now, and Im surprised we’re not hearing much. Scales and Parker shouldn’t he above him in the rotation but clearly they are.
After graduating do I still have 1 year to play 1? I know I can catch the ball and run at least 40 yards before collapsing from exhaustion.
Gentlemen, you don’t quite have this right. Division 1 programs typically have a strength coach, really this coach is also a ‘power’ coach… and to some extent also a local muscular endurance or a “trainer of muscle groups over longer periods than just a few seconds, or a minute or two even (if you like to describe it that way). But a college trainer is more often quick response to minor injuries and long term recovery routine monitor. They are far from doctors but the closest thing to doctors at practice and at games. Now sometimes D1 programs do have doctors at games and sometimes even at practice. Doctors and trainers will communicate on how to rehab injuries. Injury prevention is often at odds with practice and game requirements because the game itself causes injuries in hundreds of ways. It’s not practical to have Doctors instead of trainers because of specialization within the profession and because, while football causes a lot of injuries, they just don’t happen that often, and rarely is immediate first-aid required beyond what an “Athletic Trainer” can apply. Athletic Trainers can come out of undergraduate programs but more often are the product of graduate study. I hope that was helpful.
Well put!
helpful if they get game ready. Otherwise, most already know. Titles should be and are pretty much self explaining. Other than CEO = human resource mgr. They just hire people to do the work , cone up with innovative and profitable ideas and then takes credit or lays blame. like our president
You president maybe, not mine.