Wynn done for season, will need shoulder surgery
by JazzyUte on Oct 10, 2011 7:57 PM MDT
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PrintThough not too surprising, the University of Utah announced tonight that quarterback Jordan Wynn is done for the season and will need shoulder surgery on his non-throwing arm after injuring it in a loss to Washington a week ago.
Wynn was also injured last season and sat out the Las Vegas Bowl due to surgery.
Right now, Utah's starting quarterback is Jon Hays, who's a junior college transfer and started last week in a loss against ASU.
I've always liked Wynn. I think he proved this season to be a gamer and this is terribly unfortunate. It's totally uncontrollable, these injuries, and you've got to think it's killing him that he isn't out there helping his team win.
Hope he recovers and though I'm skeptical he's durable enough to ever see the field again here at Utah, I would love to see him play again.
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That's really too bad..
I like Wynn, and I’ve always like the guys attitude toward the game. What are the chances of us starting a freshman QB in 2012?
Have to feel bad for the guy
Yikes. That’s bad news. He was gutty this year. It was evident the shoulder was still not 100%.
I also think he gave Utah a better chance to win than Hayes does. He is a better decision maker and obviously has way more experience.
Tough Loss
Let the recruiting search for QB’s in California and Texas begin.
Will Chase Hansen go straight on his mission before suiting up in Crimson?
Even if he doesn't, I don't think he'd see the field until after the mission...
It’ll be Wilson who pushes for the starting spot next season.
I hear that Wilson is getting recruited hard by Oregon..
Hopefully the fact playing time could likely be available will help out, especially with our struggles thus far.
Yeah, but from all the inside sources, Wilson is a very, very, very, very solid...
I would be shocked if he decommitted, tho anything is possible, I guess.
Not pertinent for this season
We can discuss the QB situation next summer. For now we must support Hays and hope he can correct his underthrows and timing as he was late on most throws. I think he will just get better as the season progresses.
If he stays healthy this year it will be his job to lose next year. I don’t see a freshman supplanting him especially if he finishes strong.
by ForeverUtes on Oct 10, 2011 11:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Best wishes Jordan
I hope Jordan has a speedy and full recovery. Although I’d love to see him on the field again but I hope he puts his health and his future first.
by jrj84105 on Oct 10, 2011 9:13 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
That sucks, but I think he's done too.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
maybe and even if he does come back can you expect him to play the season?
if there was a label for the guy i think it would be FRAGILE – DON’T HIT!
too alarmist
Why would you assume that Wynn will never play again? I think that’s a little extreme.
Especially because this injury is on his non-throwing shoulder. Why wouldn’t he be well enough to come back next year?
I didn't assume anything...
I said I was skeptical and am because…
1) He was injured in the ’10 spring game on like the first play and missed the remainder of the contest.
2) He was injured in the opener against Pitt and missed two games.
3) He was injured only a week after returning against Iowa State. Did play remainder of the season on a bum arm, but had to sit out the LV Bowl due to said injury and surgery.
4) He injured same shoulder against BYU, had to miss a couple series.
5) After a bye week, returns, only to fully injure the shoulder in the first half of the Washington game.
Wynn has never completed an entire season at Utah. The only season he made it through without injury was his first – where he started a grand total of four regular season games and the bowl game.
Durability is a big question mark. You might disagree or find it alarmist and I definitely hope he returns, but when you’ve missed 12 games out of 31, or almost 40% of games potentially started, that is alarmist.
I hope my skepticism is unfounded and once Wynn is healthy, he can step in and lead this team for two solid years.
But history suggests, at least right now, that just won’t happen.
Not shocking
that Wynn is done for the season. This is a very sad moment for Jordan. Sometimes players are just injury prone. We must all hope that Hays can last the whole season or we are going nowhere in December!!
Question
Do you know if he’s going to be able to do a medical redshirt and be here for 2 more years? I’d love to see the kid back.
by Classless Ute on Oct 11, 2011 1:45 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
Whitt said it's possible...
He hasn’t played enough games this season (believe it has to be more than 4) to be ineligible, so they’ll definitely petition for one.
No guarantee, tho.
Bummer
The utes need to pick up and move on. It sucks but it happens to every team at some point. Hope he gets better and is able to move on without being crippled the rest of his life.
recruiting
So with being in the pac we don’t just have to recruit mostly locally and socal. We actually have a good shot for this years recruiting
by aUTmanAMi on Oct 11, 2011 7:26 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
Medical Redshirt
Much like Jazzy, I too am skeptical Wynn ever throws another pass for the Utes. In fact I’m more than skeptical, I’m pretty sure of it.
That being said, anyone know if He’d be eligible for a Medical Redshirt. He hasn’t had a regular redshirt year, and last season Riley Nelson played only half a game less and was granted a medical redshirt.
Think of Matt Asiata
he was injured in the Louisville game in 2009 (game number four), and he got a medical redshirt. I would be surprised if Jordan is not given another year of eligibility.
I feel for Jordan. I know him a bit personally and he is a great kid. Once, he came up to me as I was posting a comment on the Des News site, and he said “oh man, thats such a waste of time, nothing but morons on there.”
Best of luck Jordan, keep your head up and things will get better.
Want to see someone really get their brain twisted up? Try explaining the Monty Hall problem to them....
by BigBenSportsGuy on Oct 11, 2011 8:19 AM MDT reply actions
Big difference though
The Injury in ‘09 was Asiata’s second major injury. He lost all but a few snaps of ’07 as well.
so how does that change the scenario?
both players were injured in game 4………
Want to see someone really get their brain twisted up? Try explaining the Monty Hall problem to them....
by BigBenSportsGuy on Oct 12, 2011 8:04 AM MDT up reply actions
It may have changed a bit since this came out.
But here are the rules. http://www.collegeathletictrainer.org/newsletter/getfile.php?fetch=1_2_1
Incapacitating Injury or illness during eligible years.
Injury/Illness occurs prior to the first half of the playing season
Athlete has not participated in more than two contests or 20% of the scheduled contests.
Asiata also got the 6th year extension which required two out of 5 years of circumstances beyond the control of the athlete.
Wynn easily qualifies for the first two, obviously he does not fall into the Asiata 2 out of 5 issue, but what may hurt him is the 20%, as the 3 games qualifies as 25%, but as I said Riley Nelson also completed in 3 games last year but still got the Medical Redshirt, so may the Utes can appeal for an exception or something.
Actually according to the 2009/2010 NCAA Bylawas
http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/D110.pdf
It’s actually 30% of the season, which Wynn qualifies for.
got ya.
well hopefully, he is able to get that…..
Want to see someone really get their brain twisted up? Try explaining the Monty Hall problem to them....
by BigBenSportsGuy on Oct 12, 2011 9:50 AM MDT up reply actions
Travis Wilson
I watched him play twice this year and he is a big time project. Needs arm strength for the long ball, poor decision making and bad judgement with personal fouls. He will need a lot of time in the program to get good. Big body but otherwise not very impressed. I would be very surprised if he is ready to play next year.
Interesting...thanks for your input...too bad it's not a better review.
At least he won’t have balls batted down at the line of scrimmage…
Not so sure
If the kid was good enough to be picked by Nike as one of the top 24 QBs in the nation, I’m betting he’s a little better than your review suggests.
you're the only person i've heard come out saying these things
so i’m going to wait and see
by khaostheory117 on Oct 14, 2011 4:03 AM MDT up reply actions
Wynn will play again but it will be as a #2
Even with the mistakes (fixable) Hays is much more dynamic than Wynn (not so fixable). Once… he, gets-a-focus… he is going to be a gamer. He like White wanted to do more than they were capable of doing (putting the team on their back) the result was gassing our D who played their tails off fumble after fumble, Int after Int. The O handed ASU the game on a platter, simples as that. Once the turnovers gets cleaned up, our WR and TE stop dropping dive extending balls, and Cullen pulls his head out, I like our chances the rest of the way.
I am a Utah Man sir... I will be till I die.
Norm Chow was right
Unfortunately Wynn even has Ty Detmer’s shoulders. That’s too bad. He will be missed. Getting injured again after a long rehab can be devastating.
Definatly unfortunate. I’m not so sure about Hays, though. His mistakes are fixable and it looks like he’ll finish out the season strong and go into the spring in the lead. But I am WAY excited for Wilson to at least make some noise next spring and finish as a solid #2 or a very good #3. As for this season, we can still salvage a solid 8-4 season with only one more loss (If so, I look for it to be against Pitt) GO UTES!
I live and die on Saturday's
we lose another game that makes more
Than a sad panda.
by aUTmanAMi on Oct 11, 2011 5:33 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
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