Shocker: Mizzou LB likely to miss rest of the season after surgery for pectoral injury
Kelly Bryant is expected to be fine, but Missouri’s post-Troy injury report had some devastating news.
Tigers LB Cale Garrett is expected to miss the rest of the 2019 season after needing surgery for a pectoral injury. Rock M Nation notes that Garrett did not play in the second half of the Week 6 game against Troy, but there was no indication he had a serious injury, making Sunday’s breaking news somewhat shocking for Tigers fans. Garrett did not meet with the media after the Troy game. He will reportedly have surgery on Tuesday.
Garrett, in his fourth year at MU, was the field general for the Tigers defense. Coming off an All-SEC (Pro Football Focus) 2018 season, Garrett was looking like a potential All-American, having notched defensive scores in three games already. Against Troy, Garrett had two interceptions (including a pick-six), six total tackles (3 TFL) and two quarterback hurries.
Garrett leads Missouri in tackles (43 total) and interceptions (3) through the first five games of the 2019 season.
#Mizzou injury update:
-QB Kelly Bryant has a knee sprain, not expected to be limited this week
-LB Cale Garrett suffered a pectoral tendon injury, will be out indefinitely
-PR Richaud Floyd has a hamstring injury, doubtful for this week
— Ryan Herrera (@Ryan_A_Herrera) October 7, 2019
Missouri officials confirm to KOMU Missouri LB Cale Garrett out for the season. He will have surgery Tuesday on torn pectoral muscle
— Chris Gervino (@KOMUChrisG) October 7, 2019
Updated description of injury due to conflicting reports of the medical details.
Just crushing. You think because of the silence today that KB is seriously hurt, he turns out to be fine, and then THIS happens? WTF?
Welcome to Mizzou fandom, folks.
Feel terrible for Garrett. Great kid, and I’m not just saying that. He’s one of the good ones.
It is indeed shocking! I had no idea until just now!
Equally shocking is the glaring fact that this ultra-impactful situation warrants only a minuscule sidebar link at this sh1thole website.
Nothing to gain by pounding the media for not telling us sooner? I’m pretty sure this kind of information is not public even at a State U receiving federal money…. for a good reason. He could have just said “this is private, take a hike football fans”.
I wonder how that happened? The Pec is a big muscle but he has some damage at narrow end. Maybe pulled a little piece of bone away or the tendon/sheath could be damaged. This shouldn’t take long to heal but the season only lasts about 10 more weeks. He probably won’t have any long term limitations, except if this keeps him from getting a high draft to NFL??? Prayer for a quick and full recovery. Maybe in the prep for surgery some smart diagnostic tech. or better imagery will show it’s not torn, ruptured, or there’s no bone pulled loose after all. Could be blood supply damage obscuring the view, we can hope. If he needs it though maybe a scope or even less can get in there and fix it. If so the return time could be a lot shorter. Whatever the case, I sure hope it turns out 100% right. Don’t schedule programs whose entire year’s fame and fortune depend on looking competitive with your program. They have nothing to lose by being wreckless, and Mizzou had nothing to gain by beating them.
“Don’t schedule programs whose entire year’s fame and fortune depend on looking competitive with your program.” Very true.
You can’t even begin to figure all the ways this impacts the defense and by how much. There seems to be some decent backups but how much impact should we expect from them when you seldom see or hear their names? I’ve expected Chad and Aubrey to develop faster and better but it’s just not happening. And who else is as high on your lists of best wishes for a NFL future than someone like Cake who came in so unassuming to play at the next level?
Miller got hurt in opener & still out a couple weeks at least apparently. Bailey haz bern been crushed by injurkes in his 1 year+. Missed 1st half of 2018, but played on ST down the stretch, but tore ACL in bowl practices. So missed all spring & probably limited at camp
I don’t remember seeing any of that. Thanks. Still you don’t hear many names at LB during clean up time after the starters.
Thank God for Kelly, but why Cale?
It is a disappointing loss for Mizzou Tiger defense as he is the anchor of the defense; but, we’ll be alright with next man up. Cale was and is good but a lot of what he was able to do is because of all the other players that surround him doing their job. Heal up well and soon Cale! You still have a promising future ahead!
It’s a key position for Mizzou and they had a difficult time with the chemistry against Wyoming. Next man up is a huge drop-off, but it is what it is.
Uh-Oh. General Lee just lost “Stonewall” Jackson. We know what happens from here.
We don’t have any road games scheduled in Pennslyvania, so we should be fine.
Mike (insert troll number here):
Stonewall Jackson died of an infection following an arm amputation. The South used his name to rally troops and win far more battles than before. He was arguably more potent as a martyr than as a commander. History is great stuff if you know it. Thanks to the NCAA, we only have to win the battles, not the war.
“Never take counsel of your fears.” — Stonewall Jackson.
Cale Garrett was the best player on the team. Another Mizzou tragedy.
Cale will be will missed, especially since we play a 4-2-5-esque defense. Hopefully we can move Bolton from the will(-esque) into the mike and Wilkins (and/or Brooks) can step in enough to keep the lights on. Configurations frequently have Bolton in this quasi-mike position anyway, when Cale was faking blitz on passing downs.
I’d like to add, if you haven’t learned the name of DB Coach David Gibbs, it’s a good time to look him up. He’s know as an INT whisperer (coming over from TTU) and I’m becoming a believer. I don’t think it’s an accident how Mizzou’s LBs and DBs are performing. (TTU still leads the nation in INTs — by a long shot.)
Takeaways were the thing we lived on in 12 and 13 until the streak was broken and man did it ever break. I’m shocked at how long it’s taken to focus on that. Rudiculous!
Harold Brantley was the first to come to mind after Vanzandt that is. As far as naming a curse.