MavTechKNIGHT2 Posted August 9, 2006 Group: Member Topic Count: 112 Content Count: 709 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/18/2004 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Not sure why I thought about this kid this morning but whatever happened to that kid from Tennessee Tech (I think) that got hurt pretty bad at your game a year or two ago? I think he was paralyzed or something.Just wondering.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.T. Posted August 9, 2006 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 4,702 Content Count: 37,112 Reputation: 2,051 Days Won: 29 Joined: 12/24/2001 Share Posted August 9, 2006 BULLieve he is doing fine ... his father was a coach at Lakeland High ... will see, was wondering the same thing.Got emails back and forth from his mother, but have not heard anything for a long time now.Will see - Thanx for reminding me. I actually thought about it a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.T. Posted August 9, 2006 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 4,702 Content Count: 37,112 Reputation: 2,051 Days Won: 29 Joined: 12/24/2001 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Drew Hixonhttp://www.ttusports.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=293&Itemid=46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minotaur Posted August 9, 2006 Group: Member Topic Count: 111 Content Count: 996 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/24/2002 Share Posted August 9, 2006 To quote Young Guns: They made him famous: Drew Hixon Hixon's return from injury complete with degree COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Earning a degree is a triumphant event, and Saturday's commencement exercises in the Hooper Eblen Center marked a particularly happy ending for one Tennessee Tech University graduate. Drew Hixon, the TTU Golden Eagle wide receiver who was critically injured in a football game at the University of South Florida on Sept. 11, 2004, received his bachelor¹s degree in finance. His accomplishment comes just a year after the severe brain injury that left him in a coma for several weeks in a Tampa Hospital intensive care unit. TTU President Bob Bell recognized the student athlete; his parents, Stan and Rebecca Hixon; and other family members at Saturday's ceremony. During last year's game in which the accident happened, all four quadrants of Hixon's brain were injured when he took simultaneous hits from two South Florida defensive backs. The injury forced doctors at St. Joseph's Hospital Emergency Center in Tampa to put him into a medically induced coma, a condition he was in for nearly five weeks before he revived. Following the coma, Hixon spent eight weeks in intensive rehabilitation to undergo speech, cognitive and physical therapy. He and his family made a triumphant return to TTU on Jan. 29, where they were greeted with a standing ovation by 6,000 fans during a basketball doubleheader at Hooper Eblen Center. Hixon returned to TTU as a student in August to complete the final two classes he needed to graduate. He was one of about 600 students who earned degrees from TTU on Saturday. http://www.ttusports.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1221&Itemid=0 He looks much better there in the cap and gown. Thanks for asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MavTechKNIGHT2 Posted August 9, 2006 Group: Member Topic Count: 112 Content Count: 709 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/18/2004 Author Share Posted August 9, 2006 ****, that IS good news.Thanks for posting the information. I am glad to hear things turned out well. So many of them do not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkeysoup Posted August 9, 2006 Group: Member Topic Count: 8 Content Count: 614 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/17/2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 BULLieve he is doing fine ... his father was a coach at Lakeland High ... will see, was wondering the same thing. Got emails back and forth from his mother, but have not heard anything for a long time now. Will see - Thanx for reminding me. I actually thought about it a while back. Stan Hixon is a coach with the Washington Redskins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.T. Posted August 9, 2006 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 4,702 Content Count: 37,112 Reputation: 2,051 Days Won: 29 Joined: 12/24/2001 Share Posted August 9, 2006 He played for Lakeland High 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberBull Posted August 9, 2006 Group: Member Topic Count: 433 Content Count: 2,657 Reputation: 38 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/04/2000 Share Posted August 9, 2006 ****, that IS good news.Thanks for posting the information.  I am glad to hear things turned out well.  So many of them do not.Why is this important to you.....are U looking for fresh material? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BULLfreak Posted August 9, 2006 Group: Member Topic Count: 646 Content Count: 7,890 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/07/2004 Share Posted August 9, 2006 That was one of the best and worst hit I have ever seen. When I saw it I was jumping all around until I saw him not moving. I am so glad to hear he is doing fine. Dang that was one heck of a hit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sheriff Posted August 10, 2006 Group: Member Topic Count: 718 Content Count: 6,701 Reputation: 745 Days Won: 19 Joined: 12/24/2001 Share Posted August 10, 2006 What a great hit... I always said Javon Camon would knock people out playing safety... The little guy never got enough respect IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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