12-21-2011, 10:15 PM
From the article:
A 6-foot-7, 275-pound tackle, he anchored the Class 5A champion Eagles offensive line until suffering a season-ending ankle injury in the state quarterfinals.
Despite the injury, Davidson said, his scholarship offer from Stanford was never in doubt.
Probably reading too much into this -- since conventional wisdom is that all guys his age view themselves as immortal -- but perhaps, even allowing for the fact that he sounds like he was primarily interested in Stanford all along, there was at least a brief moment when he contemplated the possibility that, at some point in the future, the phrase "season-ending...injury" might become "career-ending injury," and, in the unfortunate event that might happen, having a Stanford degree might be the best alternative.
Or, perhaps, Toby Gerhart's been doing a little marketing/PR in Minn for the Tunnel Workers' Union...
A 6-foot-7, 275-pound tackle, he anchored the Class 5A champion Eagles offensive line until suffering a season-ending ankle injury in the state quarterfinals.
Despite the injury, Davidson said, his scholarship offer from Stanford was never in doubt.
Probably reading too much into this -- since conventional wisdom is that all guys his age view themselves as immortal -- but perhaps, even allowing for the fact that he sounds like he was primarily interested in Stanford all along, there was at least a brief moment when he contemplated the possibility that, at some point in the future, the phrase "season-ending...injury" might become "career-ending injury," and, in the unfortunate event that might happen, having a Stanford degree might be the best alternative.
Or, perhaps, Toby Gerhart's been doing a little marketing/PR in Minn for the Tunnel Workers' Union...