ATLANTA (AP) — Southern University football player Devon Gales is in good spirits despite a neck injury, a friend of the family said Thursday.
Though his body movement is limited mostly to wrists, shoulders and biceps, Gales is telling family members and friends that he hopes to make a full recovery.
Family friend Kimberly August said, "People are calling to check on him, upset about his injury and he's consoling them."
Spinal cord specialist Brock Bowman, Gales' attending physician at the Shepherd Center, expects he will be hospitalized at least eight weeks.
Bowman said it's too early to make a prognosis for recovery.