Kirk Ferentz: Jewel Hampton Out for Season

I really should change the subject of my blog to “The Life and Times of Jewel Hampton.” After Hampton sustained an ACL injury this summer, reports on its severity ranged from season ending to minor.

Hampton began fall camp with the team and when I spoke with him at media day, he told me he’d practiced that morning and everything was feeling fine. Several days later, reports out of camp stated he’d “tweaked” the injury and was taking it day to day.

After much speculation from fans and media alike, Coach Kirk Ferentz set the record straight several minutes ago and let the media know the true sophomore running back would miss the season and take a medical redshirt. More to come…

This entry was posted on September 1, 2009 at 9:49 am and is filed under College Football with tags Bill Delehant, Hawkeye Football, Iowa Football, Iowa Hawkeyes, Jewel Hampton, Kirk Ferentz. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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