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Dixon out with a Torn ACL

I bumped this from the diaries because of some new information that I saw this morning - Paragon

As Frak noted here, Oregon's Dennis Dixon is done for the season with a torn ACL.

From ESPN:

Dennis Dixon will have surgery on the left knee that buckled early in second-ranked Oregon's upset loss to Arizona, spoiling his chance to win the Heisman Trophy.

Dennis Dixon's knee injury Thursday in Oregon's loss to Arizona came after the quarterback had torn his ACL on Nov. 3, Ducks coach Mike Bellotti said.

The quarterback tore his anterior cruciate ligament during Oregon's 35-23 victory over Arizona State on Nov. 3, according to coach Mike Bellotti, but he had rested it and felt as if he was ready to play Thursday night against the Wildcats.

Now Dixon will miss the rest of this season.

The kid is a great competitor, we wish him all the best in his recovery.

UPDATE HERE:

It turns out that Dennis Dixon tore his ACL almost two weeks ago against ASU.

From The Oregonian via the Wiz .

Dixon had a torn anterior cruciate ligament, but he did not suffer the injury on that first-quarter play. He had torn it on a similar move 12 days earlier, against Arizona State. After that game, and after discussing his short- and long-term future with those closest to him, he decided to try to play with a completely torn ACL.

"Dennis asked of us, on behalf of himself and his family, to not let anybody know -- he wanted to continue to try to play," Oregon coach Mike Bellotti said of Dixon, who has rehabbed the knee since the ASU game and wore a brace Thursday night. "But he did feel some instability, obviously, on the play in question -- that was the concern that we had.

So obviously Bellotti knew more than he let on when he said that Dixon was probably done for the season after their loss to Arizona on Thursday. Not surprising, upon looking back on his original injury it doesn’t surprise me that he tore his ACL.

Understand that are a lot of people walking around with torn ACL’s that chose not to have them repaired of course those people are not playing football at this level so their chance of further injury is significantly reduced. You gotta love Dixon’s heart but I would seriously question his judgment as he could done significantly more damage to his knee putting his future playing career in serious jeopardy. Even with the brace he could have torn the PCL and possibly torn the posterior lateral horn of the meniscus. That would have knocked him out probably deep into next years NFL season.

Like I said, the kid has heart; he took one for the team and in this age of "me first" his dedication should be commended it would just be a shame if he had done further damage…thank god he didn’t.

We wish him luck.

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