CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- "Uncle Kev" running route combinations and catching passes in a lot somewhere in Pittsburgh was enough for Phil Jurkovec to get back into the groove this offseason.
It was a tough for him to admit, but Jurkovec needed to take his foot off the gas for a longer period than he wanted, after sustaining a hand injury during Week 2 last season against Massachusetts.
The former Pine-Richland star quarterback played through it for four more games, and he wasn't 100% in any of those. A lost season at Boston College meant an offseason of rehab and getting his strength back to full before spring.