Ike Blows Out Knee

notoriousTJ11 · Post #1 » by **notoriousTJ11** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:40 pm

Green Bay - Jack Ikegwuonu, the former University of Wisconsin cornerback, blew out his knee Tuesday in a training exercise and won't play football in 2008.

Ikegwuonu suffered tears of both his anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments as well as damage to his kneecap, according to a source close to the situation, and will need reconstructive knee surgery.

He was working out at Perfect Competition, a training facility in Davie, Fla., when the incident occurred.

Ikegwuonu, who earlier in the month decided to leave UW a year early, was pulling a sled designed to improve his speed when the injury occurred. He exploded out of a start, planted his leg and the knee buckled.

The injury will all but eliminate Ikegwuonu's chances of being selected April 26-27 in the National Football League draft. It's possible a team might take him in a late round and bring along for 2009.

"He's screwed now," an executive in personnel for an NFL team said. "He wasn't going to be that high of a pick, anyway. Fourth round.

"I blame the agent for talking the kid into coming out. Stupid. Because he wasn't a first-day player."

Ikegwuonu signed with agent Drew Rosenhaus on Jan. 5 and declared for the draft before the Jan. 15 deadline. Players had until Jan. 19 to change their minds and regain their collegiate eligibility.

At Wisconsin, Ikegwuonu intercepted six passes in three seasons. He made the All-Big Ten team as a junior in 2007.

Ikegwuonu was regarded by some scouts as a solid prospect on the basis of size and speed but was downgraded because of his performance this season.

"You've got to play, too," the scout said.

That sucks for him , I was never a fan though basically because I never really like it when athletes get special treatment and get away with commiting serious crimes based on how important they are to their team. (He and his brother broke into an apartment and stole an xbox).

SugarRay34 · Post #2 » by **SugarRay34** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:24 pm

Wow. Horrible news.

Post #3 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:36 pm

Wow. You have to feel sorry for the kid.

El Duderino · Post #4 » by **El Duderino** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:15 am

Damn, that sounds like it could be a career killing injury given a CB relies so much on speed.

Gotta be devastating because even if he was say a third round pick, he gets around 750,000 dollars to sign, that's what Jones got with the Packers. Mix in his first year salary, absolute worst case Ike pockets over a million dollars even if he was cut after his rookie year. Jones four year contract was worth 2.4 million.

Ouch

TheGhostDog · Post #5 » by **TheGhostDog** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:40 pm

Good to see Drew Rosenhaus hasn't lost that old magic touch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDzZrDV4yxA&NR=1

James1980 · Post #6 » by **James1980** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:37 pm

It's too bad. I think he should have come back for his senior year, but that scout was pretty harsh. I've seen him projected for 2nd or 3rd round, not 4th. It's not like Ike can't play. If anything, he was inconsistant playing well against Hardy and Manningham, but poor against the Minnesota Receiver.