How hurt is Michael Adkins?

[Buffnik]

He's definitely not healthy. Speed, explosion and confidence just aren't there.

Adkins only has 30 carries on the season.

16 were in the CSU opener (4.3 avg yards).

In the 4 games since, he has a combined 14 carries with his 1 carry for 2 yards against Hawaii being his best ypc game in that stretch.

His long for the season is 7 yards.

He's a much better player than this. In fact, this is a shell of what he is capable of when he's right.

Adkins getting things rolling is, I believe, the key to flip these games from almosts into wins.

 

[Darth Snow]

That ankle sprain has ruined him. Wish the coaches had just let him heal

 

[lvbuff]

Maybe he is hurt really really bad

 

[BuffNut99]

He's still very young, and his issues look more mental to me. We will look back and wish that he had redshirted this season, because I don't think Adkins contributes any more this season than what he is doing now. ToJo is actually balling.

 

[Denver_sc]

That ankle sprain has ruined him. Wish the coaches had just let him heal

Is it a high ankle sprain? That seems to be a particularly difficult thing for RBs to handle. Purify had one his SR year and he wasn't quite the same after it.

 

[Shldr2Shldr]

Is it a high ankle sprain? That seems to be a particularly difficult thing for RBs to handle. Purify had one his SR year and he wasn't quite the same after it.

Tough to recover from when you can't rest it. I expect to see his carries kept low again this week and hopefully after the bye week we see some of that explosion come back.

 

[BuffLuke80]

That's what it sounds like is high ankle, if it's lingered this long. They should sit him this week, we have a bye next I think, it'll be a year long problem otherwise probably.

 

[chitownbuff]

As dickish as this sounds, I hope it's physical. We need the Adkins we saw glimpses of last year.