Finding your place on a roster is no easy task. You’re told what your role is going to be, roughly what the trajectory of your college career can be and ultimately what the program will do for you, both educationally and athletically. The one aspect of sport that no one but the cruel football gods themselves can predict is how injuries can delay, prevent or even stop a player from realizing their potential.
For redshirt junior DE Scott Patchan, overcoming multiple injuries grew to be a monolithic barrier to start his college career. A three-star prospect from Tampa, Florida, Patchan has a healthy lineage in the football world.