WildcatRick
08-29-2007, 12:47 PM
Unusual injury slowed D-tackle
By Brett Dawson
The Courier-Journal
LEXINGTON, Ky. — There was no audible pop, no sudden rush of pain.
Still, Ventrell Jenkins knew something wasn't right.
The University of Kentucky defensive tackle could play in a backup role Saturday when the Wildcats host Eastern Kentucky University at 6 p.m. at Commonwealth Stadium. If he does, it will cap an unlikely comeback from a bizarre — and gradual — shoulder injury.
"I felt it a little bit during the season last year, especially during the Vanderbilt game," said Jenkins, a 6-foot-2, 285-pound junior. "It just got worse and worse and worse until it got to the point where I just couldn't play on it."
But Jenkins never could pinpoint when he'd injured the shoulder.
That's because the injury had been developing most of his life.
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By Brett Dawson
The Courier-Journal
LEXINGTON, Ky. — There was no audible pop, no sudden rush of pain.
Still, Ventrell Jenkins knew something wasn't right.
The University of Kentucky defensive tackle could play in a backup role Saturday when the Wildcats host Eastern Kentucky University at 6 p.m. at Commonwealth Stadium. If he does, it will cap an unlikely comeback from a bizarre — and gradual — shoulder injury.
"I felt it a little bit during the season last year, especially during the Vanderbilt game," said Jenkins, a 6-foot-2, 285-pound junior. "It just got worse and worse and worse until it got to the point where I just couldn't play on it."
But Jenkins never could pinpoint when he'd injured the shoulder.
That's because the injury had been developing most of his life.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070829/SPORTS03/70829007/1002/SPORTS
