Derrek Cooper Update 

The latest on the freshman running back headed into the day. 

Cooper was on the field for practice Tuesday, but very limited. 

The training staff had him doing some light jogging on Tuesday. 

Cooper is doing everything he can to try and be available for the game Saturday. Cooper's availability for Ohio State remains up in the air. 

OTF will provide an update later today if there is one. 

 

Thanks Gerry

I still wanna see James Simon get some carries

No point in rushing him back

Thanks for the update Gerry 🤘

So no high ankle sprain?

If it’s a high ankle sprain why don’t we just rest him and try to get him as healthy as possible for sec play ?

3 minutes ago, AJJ_Sports said:

If it’s a high ankle sprain why don’t we just rest him and try to get him as healthy as possible for sec play ?

Because it's not

This is great news. He will be back sooner rather than later it seems. 

I hope he plays but even if he doesn't, I like that that he's out there a little. Any word on who the 3rd back is if he doesn't play? Simon looked the best of the backups to me.

14 minutes ago, Jonas Peterson said:

So no high ankle sprain?

Not saying that. 

9 minutes ago, Horns05 said:

Because it's not

There are grades of high ankle sprains. 

Noticed you said yesterday his family may not come now. Whether he plays or not hope his family decides to come anyway. I totally understand if not, hey people have jobs and stuff lol. But just for the atmosphere it would still be a great trip.

Just now, TTown said:

Noticed you said yesterday his family may not come now. Whether he plays or not hope his family decides to come anyway. I totally understand if not, hey people have jobs and stuff lol. But just for the atmosphere it would still be a great trip.

I said "several people close to Cooper". Those people are rescheduling to another game later in the season after the injury and unknown status.

I don't know if his mom is attending. Haven't seen here miss anything before!

 

3 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

I said "several people close to Cooper". Those people are rescheduling to another game later in the season after the injury and unknown status.

I don't know if his mom is attending. Haven't seen here miss anything before!

 

Oh ok thanks for that. Totally understand . Appreciate the update! 

Sounds like the injury is not too sever, which is good news. Trust the training staff to do the right thing by him.

1 hour ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

There are grades of high ankle sprains. 

Kind of. A mild high ankle sprain takes 6 weeks to heal, a more severe one can take 3 months or more. I doubt he'd be jogging 5 days after any variety.

Watch him play and be the inside burst we need for goal-to-go scenarios and push us over the top…

3 weeks ago the world was ending with Goosby getting knicked up. Lets wait and see how this plays out he could be at 70-80% and the staff is just taking the necessary precautions for Cooper

Really great news. Figured we were looking at Texas/OU as the return date for him. 

This is good news 🤘

1 hour ago, Jonas Peterson said:

Kind of. A mild high ankle sprain takes 6 weeks to heal, a more severe one can take 3 months or more. I doubt he'd be jogging 5 days after any variety.

You can have a Grade 1/low-grade high ankle sprain and gut through after a week or two. That's a stable ankle and not painful walking a lot of times. Straight forward movement can be okay after about a week, but it comes down to plant and COD cut 

Grade 1/low-grade high ankle sprains can be 1-3 weeks depending on healing. 

 

1 minute ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

You can have a Grade 1/low-grade high ankle sprain and gut through after a week or two. That's a stable ankle and not painful walking a lot of times. Straight forward movement can be okay after about a week, but it comes down to plant and COD cut 

Grade 1/low-grade high ankle sprains can be 1-3 weeks depending on healing. 

 

I'd say keep him out until OU, but I also said keep Goosby out for Tx State and he played a good portion of the game lol. Would be awesome to have Cooper for OSU if he can be effective.

55 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

You can have a Grade 1/low-grade high ankle sprain and gut through after a week or two. That's a stable ankle and not painful walking a lot of times. Straight forward movement can be okay after about a week, but it comes down to plant and COD cut 

Grade 1/low-grade high ankle sprains can be 1-3 weeks depending on healing. 

 

I trust you 🤘🏻

When he came off he was jogging and didn’t look too bad. We know sark is very cautious with injuries so I’m hoping he’ll get back out against UTSA and get some real work in before TN. We’re gonna need all hands on deck for that one to be sure!