After the Tigers lost to USC in the season-opening game, it was announced that [autotag]John Emery Jr.[/autotag] had torn his ACL in practice and he would be out for the remainder of the season.
Emery returned for his sixth season in Baton Rouge hoping to have the best year of his career and raise his draft stock but now his future is in peril. Emery has suffered a lot of injuries during his college career at LSU and this final one could spell the end of his career. [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] was asked about Emery’s future during an interview with Paul Finebaum, and here is what he had to say.
“John, you know, I think it’s always about how you handle adversity,” Kelly said Monday, per On3. “Unfortunately, he’s had this before. And I think he’s at a place in his life now that he knows he can do things outside of football. I think that’s what the trap is here, is that many of these young men sometimes didn’t know that they could do things outside of just football. And that’s a shame, right? I think building an identity outside of football with these young men is so crucial when you come into football programs. And we’ve done that.
“And John knows that he has a life outside of football… is he disappointed? Absolutely. We’re crushed for him. But he knows that he has a life outside of football and now he’s going to be working towards that.”
LSU will take on South Carolina this weekend which is coming off of a huge win over Kentucky last week.
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