Marcus Roberson Out for Remainder of Florida Football Season With Neck Injury
by Andy Hutchins on Nov 14, 2011 12:21 PM EST
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Marcus Roberson had been one of the bright spots of the Florida defense, as an active cover cornerback with size and ball skills who flashed promise throughout the Gators' many defensive possessions this fall. Now, Roberson is out for the season with a neck injury, Will Muschamp told reporters at his weekly Monday press conference.
Roberson, a freshman, had started every game at cornerback for the Gators, and apparently left Florida's 17-12 loss to South Carolina with the injury. Muschamp said that Roberson would miss four to six weeks with the injury, which all but rules him out of a potential Florida bowl game. Muschamp didn't elaborate on the injury beyond calling it a sprained neck and nothing permanent. Roberson should be healthy in time for spring practice.
Florida's remaining cornerbacks, as Muschamp listed them, are Cody Riggs, Jaylen Watkins, Moses Jenkins, and Louchiez Purifoy. Of those four players, only Jenkins, a senior, is an upperclassman.
The hits never stop coming, do they?
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Time to see what the young guys bring to the table!!!
Wait…
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Bummer
Roberson has been impressive this season for a freshman. He wears Haden’s #5 with pride, I can definitely see him being solid in the future. Now, if he can react to the receiver reaching for the ball without grabbing jersey, he may end up a first rounder.
um, no...
Roberson has been on par with Xavier Nixon as the least effective, most costly gator this season. Understanding that he’s only a freshman, regardless, the mistakes he’s made has cost us SEVERELY this year. I would never wish something like this on the kid, so I’m upset that he’s injured, and he will likely reap the consequences by being a tad underdeveloped next season because of this. But with my high hopes on purifoy, I’m just glad that someone else is getting a chance to make less of a lead blowing impact that Roberson has done all season. It’s definitely not going to help his inability to turn around and look for the ball.
At this point though, Marcus has been playing equal to or less than Moses Jenkins did last year. It’s a wash.
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Our chances of going 8-5 just went from hopeless to no way in hell.
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Well that sucks
Perfect (pur-fec-t): the only person on earth, besides Tim Tebow, in the 21st century to be without fault is gatorhippy.
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