As per our front-page story on TMGR, starting center J.J. Johnson is done for the season after suffering a foot injury that has sidelined at least three other UNT players over the last year. Johnson will be missed, as the OL is used to having him in charge the last two years. Redshirt freshman Nick Leppo is in the middle now.
The story posted late Thursday describes a strange foot ligament rupture that doesn't occur often in sports, but it shelved two players last year with surgery and has been a source of irritation for another UNT offensive lineman. Todd Dodge said until last year he'd never heard of the condition, in which the ligament connecting foot bones fails.
I didn't get in there that when the appropriate time comes after the season, Dodge said UNT will explore NCAA injury-hardship possibilities for both Johnson and cornerback Steven Ford -- if the latter doesn't return this season from surgery for a broken ankle -- to gain back a year of eligibility.
Injuries stink, and here's hoping neither UNT nor Rice suffer any more that are severe come Saturday.
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