The Nebraska football team escaped the spring game mostly intact, though there has to be at least a little concern for offensive lineman Jacob Hood.
One of the big worries with a spring game format that the Huskers ran on Saturday was that someone or many someones would come out of the game hurt. For the most part, it appears the Huskers dodged that bullet, especially when it comes to the team’s top skill players like Jeff Sims, Anthony Grant, Gabe Ervins or any of the wide receivers.
When the smoke had cleared on the day, there were really only two injuries that caused anyone any real concern on Saturday, both of those injuries were to offensive lineman but as the night fell on Lincoln, it appears there is just one player that Nebraska football fans might have a little concern about and that’s Georgia transfer Jacob Hood.
The offensive lineman apparently suffered a “lower body injury” during the spring game and so far, there hasn’t been much in the way of an update on just how he was feeling after the game. There also hasn’t been much talk about just what the injury actually was. And with spring practice officially over, it’s going to be increasingly hard to find out just what Hood’s injury might be.
The good news here is that if it’s not the most dreaded of lower body injuries -a ligament tear – then Hood is going to have about four months to recover from whatever ailed him on Saturday. The bad news is that no mention of what was actually the problem doesn’t seem all that positive.
If Hood did suffer a serious injury, it would be a heck of a blow to a unit that is going to need to try and keep everyone as healthy as possible. The Nebraska football team cannot afford to have too many people dropping out before fall practice even gets under way.