'13 TX WR Torii Hunter Jr (Notre Dame Signed LOI)

[Irishman77]

Sweet

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Get well Tori!

 

[tko]

Get well Tori!

Sherm, you skip work today?

 

[AdmiralBackhand]

Get well Tori!

He is off to a great start!

 

[arrowryan]

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[Sherm Sticky]

Kelly said he will play inside (slot).

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

 

[koonja]

This guy is going to be a monster. Even as a 4-star, far and away my pick for most underrated. Think of him as the video game Deon Walker, lol

 

[KyfightingIrish36]

If we didn't already have devonte in slot I would love to see this guy hit the field this year

 

[dublinirish]

torii's recovery just shows how rapidly sports medicine has developed in recent times. The guy looks like he will be on field come the summer, thats crazy!!

I still remember the days when a ACL/MCL tear was a career ending injury

 

[C!C!4oND]

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Its not Torii, but holy crap that block at 2:29 by his teammate!

 

[Pa Golden Tate Fan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>My doc said my bone is healing great and ya boy may be able to get back on the field in 6 weeks.! <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23THECOMEBACK">#THECOMEBACK</a> is imminent y'all.!</p>— Torii Hunter Jr. (@THunterJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/THunterJr/status/306864880756076544">February 27, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[KyfightingIrish36]

Great news! Probably still a redshirt but great that he can use that year to get better instead of rehabbing.

 

[BeauBenken]

6 weeks? Incredible.

 

[Redbar]

He's got great genes, and youth so I would say the comeback is imminent and the sky is the limit.

 

[arrowryan]

Great news! Probably still a redshirt but great that he can use that year to get better instead of rehabbing.

I think he would've been redshirting regardless of his injury

 

[KyfightingIrish36]

That's what I said.

 

[STLDomer]

If he is fully healthy I wouldn't be totally suprised if he did not redshirt. We have 0 proven players at the slot position and really no depth there besides Neal and RBs like Folston or Carlisle that can function out of the slot.

 

[koonja]

I think this guy is going to be a star. I don't follow any Irish players besides Nix, but I'm very interested in TH JR's road to recovery. My pick for sleeper of the class. I see no need for him to burn a RS, though.

 

[Crimson streak]

He's an EE correct?

 

[Redbar]

He's an EE correct?

Negative.

 

[PraetorianND]

Love seeing updates on this kid. What a gamer. Working your butt off in rehab is worse and harder than doing it in sport in my experience. He still has such a positive attitude. I love it!

 

[rtrn2glory]

is he trying to get back for baseball season?

 

[greyhammer90]

That's a freakish recovery time.

 

[IrishLax]

I thought his injury was pretty irrelevant as he was likely to redshirt.... now I'm not so sure. I know people said he was ahead of schedule, but any idea if he has a chance of physically being in D1 football shape come the fall?

 

[Rack Em]

I thought his injury was pretty irrelevant as he was likely to redshirt.... now I'm not so sure. I know people said he was ahead of schedule, but any idea if he has a chance of physically being in D1 football shape come the fall?

reLAX bro

 

[STLDomer]

I think his injury won't be an issue come fall, I have doubts if he is physically ready though, his skills would have to overcome the fact that physically there are a lot of WRs ahead of him.

 

[koonja]

This guy is my sleeper in this class, but I'd be shocked if he did anything this year. That injury, although healing rapidly, is a bad one. He's not going to strap on the cleetes and be the same once 100%. I assume he'll have a lot of weight training to catch up on.

 

[NDdomer2]

This guy is my sleeper in this class, but I'd be shocked if he did anything this year. That injury, although healing rapidly, is a bad one. He's not going to strap on the cleetes and be the same once 100%. I assume he'll have a lot of weight training to catch up on.

I am just going to follow you around the database . I like our WR class as a whole. Torii, Will, Corey, James, add in Tarean and our two stud TE's with all our existing pass catchers and I don't see why this offense can't get it done. Davaris and TJ are going to have very good years!

 

[tadman95]

I would think his playing time for 2013 will be strictly controlled by his physical status. It's not just the bone healing but more importantly re-developing the muscles to support the bone. I don't know that time frame but this was a significant injury.

I can't see ND or the Hunter family rushing him back until the risk of re-injury or aggravating the injury are nil.