Thursday, June 28, 2018

Starting again: Alcorn offensive lineman ready to play after knee injury

LORMAN, Mississippi -- Alcorn State University offensive lineman Deonte Brooks has played through injuries before.

He played with a broken ankle during his junior year of high school and competed with a partially torn knee ligament in the 2016 SWAC Championship against Grambling State. That’s the name of the game for Brooks though, as offensive lineman often play with pain.

Yet in spring 2017, Brooks suffered the worst injury he couldn’t endure.

“It was a freak accident,” said offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, Ryan Stanchek. “It wasn’t necessarily a contact play. The best description is the injury was a fluke.

“It wasn’t fun to see.”

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