Return of the Enforcer: GSU safety Cargo grows after missing spring with injury

BIRMINGHAM. Alabama -- Injuries aren’t uncommon for Percy Cargo Jr. And when you watch him play in person or on film, that should come as no surprise.

“So many,” Cargo answered after asked how many injuries he’s suffered during his football career at the annual SWAC Media Day last week at the Birmingham Marriott in Birmingham. “I don’t even know, I just play through them. I don’t even feel injuries, I just play through them.”

For what the Grambling State rising senior safety could remember, an injury sidelined him this spring, requiring minor lower back and hip surgery right before the Tigers opened spring practice back in March. Missing all of spring practice, missing a few months for the first time proved a lot to the Donaldsonville, Louisiana native.

Coming back from surgery, Cargo got ...

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