Saturday, March 01, 2008

Coleman update

Very, very good news on the Antonio Coleman front. Auburn’s athletic department just released this statement:

Auburn junior defensive end Antonio Coleman has full mobility to all of his extremities after suffering a cervical sprain during Saturday’s scrimmage at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Coleman is expected to make a full recovery.

Coleman, a native of Mobile, Ala., was taken via ambulance to East Alabama Medical Center for evaluative purposes, where he was treated and released.  EAMC personnel were on site within five minutes of the injury.

Obviously, the primary feeling for everyone concerned has to be relief. The circumstances of the injury are still unclear, and I think there’s a chance we’ll never know exactly how he was hurt. But if there is indeed no serious damage, and if he does indeed make a full recovery, it’s a very fortunate thing.