Armond Armstead Redshirting in 2011
by Paragon SC on Sep 20, 2011 5:00 PM PDT
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Whatever the reason, whatever the medical condition, it has the USC football staff concerned enough to urge Armstead to redshirt.
Armstead, a fourth-year senior and two-year starter for the Trojans, spent five days in the hospital in March undergoing a series of tests. He has had no further known complications since then but has not allowed to fully participate in USC's practices.
The question of whether or not he'd be medically cleared to play this season had dragged on well past the season opener, and Kiffin said last week that a decision would be made in the near future.
"After meeting with everybody involved, everyone has come to the same conclusion: The best thing is to redshirt him right now, being this late in the season and having missed so much practice time and so much game time," Kiffin said Tuesday. "That's the best thing for his future so we'll look to the future for it. He's going to probably graduate, finish his degree this semester and we'll have him back next year."
Some have made the comparisons to the Jarvis Jones situation. Until we know what his medical condition is I think its hard to draw any conclusions or comparisons.
Its hard to know how this all ends up but I will make a prediction...Armstead will not return. If he is cleared to play whay stick around college when you are eligible to play in the NFL.
Why take the chance?
Damn shame, really...
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I applaud the way that USC Docs look out for the players
I’m glad that they put the kids and not winning first. Whatever Armstead decides, I wish him good heath,
Wow I hope Armond is going to be alright, I saw the video and Kiff was very classy when hammered by the press trying to get info.
Sometimes these scribes need to just back off or like Meyer would do——kick them out.
Who--What--Slim Shady---Thats the duckies and Kelly maybe they should put their plays up in brail..
by so.cal.native1952 on Sep 20, 2011 7:01 PM PDT reply actions
My somewhat ignorant opinion
Is that Armstead was going to be back during this season, but not soon enough to get back up to speed and produce a good body of work to show at the draft. He’ll be back next year in hopes of playing a full season at full strength.
"Ain't no tuition for having no ambition." -Brandon Carswell
Not going to speculate
The whole episode suggests that Armstead and family prefer to keep this private, and we should respect that until they speak otherwise. Best wishes to a great Trojan.
Needs to come back to improve his draft stock - $$$
He could be a 1st round pick after a big season. But, he would not be a high pick now going straight to the draft. He flashed tons of potential, but had not come close to achieving his potential at USC. Plus, he could play with his brother Arik next season.
However, I am concerned that USC doctors may never clear him, and he may end up transferring a la Jarvis Jones.
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