Sprained Ankle Ends Oglesby's Spring
by furrer4heisman on Apr 22, 2009 9:53 PM EDT
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PrintSophomore running back Josh Oglesby suffered a sprained ankle during today's practice and will not participate in Saturday's spring game. That's a tough break for Oglesby, who was having a solid spring.
Oglesby is listed No. 2 on the spring depth chart behind Darren Evans. However, in reality he was No. 4 due to the impeding unveiling of freshman Ryan Williams and an injury that kept Kenny Lewis out of spring drills.
Oglesby responded by being impressive this spring. Even the BeamerBlog was high on him after only three practices:
...you can tell that the light bulb is coming on for him. He’s changed his body. He’s much more muscular in the upper body and he’s showing a power-burst that we hadn’t seen before. He’s playing with confidence and enthusiasm.
He also ran the ball well in Tech's formal and informal scrimmages, compiling 92 yards on 29 carries (3.2 ypc) and a touchdown in the four scrimmages prior to today. Despite the fact he won't play Saturday, he should be healthy for practices in August. It will be interesting to see if he can go from being merely an insurance policy to competing for carries.
The big challenge for Oglesby will be playing well against guys who aren't his teammates. Like Williams, Oglesby possesses size and speed. He just hasn't been able to put it together in games.
Look at the reports from practices this spring and last fall. It was Oglesby who seemed to be more impressive in practice and destined to have a breakout season. Instead it was Evans who was Second Team All-ACC.
Oglesby appears to be a guy who practices better than he plays. Evans appears to be a guy who performs well in games while looking not as sharp in practice.
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ogelsby
talent wise he is 3rd string but billy hite loves him some KLJr. david wilson comes on board in the summer and will likely shirt, what does that mean for ogelsby if he doesn’t get much burn next year?
insurance
it means we don’t have to worry as much if something happens to evans. it also means we could see another outburst from oglesby like we saw last year when he B&Med to darryl slater.
by furrer4heisman on Apr 22, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
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