For much of the season, senior center Cameron Ridley wasn’t able to even walk on his own two feet. The crutches the 6’9, 285-pound big man was forced to lean on after fracturing his left foot in practice December 27 crippled what had looked to be career season in the making as one of the college basketball’s most commanding two-way threats. As a result, Ridley would cheer his Texas Longhorns on the from the sidelines for the following 20 games before returning to play a collective seven minutes against Baylor and Northern Iowa to end his collegiate career.
A 22-year-old big man coming off of a severe foot injury—it’s no wonder the former McDonald’s All-American went undrafted after 115 games as a Longhorn.