Two weeks after suffering what he calls “the best injury that could have happened,” South Carolina offensive lineman Zack Bailey is remarkably upbeat about his recovery.
“It’s been wonderful,” Bailey said Tuesday during a ceremony to recognize Gamecocks athletes who graduated this semester. “The coaches have done everything they can to make it easy for me.”
Bailey, a senior guard, suffered a broken fibula in the third quarter of the final regular season game of the season, against Akron on Dec. 1. He wore a cast and got around with the help of a cart during Tuesday’s ceremony, but he expects to be full speed in time for the NFL Combine in February, he said.