Fred Scott couldn’t jump. He tried running, but when he attempted that, a sharp pain hit and it felt like his foot was on fire.
The foot problems limited him in practice and he saw little playing time in his freshman year.
But when he finally decided he wanted to transfer from DePaul, it was because of all the things that soured the experience.
“I was very limited and (the coaching staff) just told me to keep going,” Scott said. “One of the coaches even asked me if I was even hurt and that was really negative towards me, because I was dealing with something that no one could understand.