Derrick Kindred was frothing to begin his senior season as a TCU Horned Frog on the final Sunday of August, when he dove for a loose ball at an otherwise benign practice four days shy of the opening game at the University of Minnesota.
Kindred is a little foggy about what happened next, but he distinctly remembers hearing what he believed was a bone-crunching crack.
Chad Glasgow, TCU's co-defensive coordinator and Kindred's position coach, had a better overall view and has a clearer recall of what left his star safety writhing on the field.
The coach recalled trainers charging onto the field to examine the injury suffered by the player everyone in the program refers to as "Peanut.