Two weeks ago, after a regular Tuesday practice, OSU defensive tackle Brendon Evers arrived to his media appearance battered and bloody. Blood on his towel. Blood on his hands. Blood on his face. Blood . . . everywhere. His nose had a gash about the size of a golf tee that at one point had apparently been spewing like Old Faithful. And Evers wore it with pride as he grinned through his media availability. To the outsider, this was an alarming sight. To Evers, though, this was business as usual.
“Tuesday practice, baby,” he said.
Evers on Thursday, just over two weeks after that practice, announced in a stunning bit of news that he will forgo the remainder of his season in 2022 to prepare for the NFL and professional pursuits, sending shockwaves throughout the fanbase.