Zach Calzada injured his throwing shoulder at some point either during the late spring or summer.
We are told this injury was not related to football.
He sought an outside medical opinion first, which he told Auburn indicated that surgery would get him back to 100 percent. Then Calzada conferred with Auburn's medical team. He was told there that surgery indeed would help — and could be done at season's end — but that he wasn't risking additional injury by playing with it. At that point, Calzada had a choice.
He elected to practice. He practiced poorly.
Calzada now is telling the staff that he wants to shut it down and take a medical redshirt season. A significant number of players see this as a purely voluntary decision, that Calzada isn't fighting through the standard nicks and bruises and discomfort everybody is dealing with.
As you'd expect, Calzada isn't very popular on the practice field or in the locker room right now.
We are told this injury was not related to football.
He sought an outside medical opinion first, which he told Auburn indicated that surgery would get him back to 100 percent. Then Calzada conferred with Auburn's medical team. He was told there that surgery indeed would help — and could be done at season's end — but that he wasn't risking additional injury by playing with it. At that point, Calzada had a choice.
He elected to practice. He practiced poorly.
Calzada now is telling the staff that he wants to shut it down and take a medical redshirt season. A significant number of players see this as a purely voluntary decision, that Calzada isn't fighting through the standard nicks and bruises and discomfort everybody is dealing with.
As you'd expect, Calzada isn't very popular on the practice field or in the locker room right now.
