Sheridan to Miss Remainder of Spring Drills with Leg Injury
3/26/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Audio:Rich Rodriguez Press Conference | Mac Audio
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez announced Thursday (March 26) prior to practice that senior/junior quarterback Nick Sheridan(Saline, Mich./Saline HS) will miss the remainder of spring football practice following a fractured leg sustained at practice Tuesday afternoon (March 24) during a scrimmage.
"He's got a small fracture in his lower leg," coach Rodriguez explained. "According to trainer's talk it's not a displaced fracture so he doesn't have to have surgery. It's four to six weeks and then he'll be good to go. So that takes him out of the rest of practice for spring ball, but for summer workouts he'll be fine.
"It didn't look like a violent thing, but I think it just got twisted under him a little bit. It happens," Rodriguez continued. "These last few practices will give some other guys more reps and Nick will stay in tune mentally.
"He'll miss 10 practices, but Nick being a sharp guy, and again only being a four to six week injury, he'll be able to pick it up on his own in summer workouts and be able to jump right back into the mix in August."
Sheridan started four games during the 2008 season, including the final three contests, completing 63-of-137 passes for 613 yards and two touchdowns. He helped the Wolverines retain possession of the Little Brown Jug with a career-best day, connecting on 18-of-30 passes for 203 yards and one touchdown at Minnesota. He also added 33 rushing yards on eight carries against the Gophers. Sheridan has played in 10 career games and started four contests.
Following are some notes from Rodriguez's media briefing Thursday:
Milder spring temperatures have allowed the Wolverines to practice outdoors for all six of the spring practices thus far.
Rodriguez mentioned that offensive guard Ricky Barnum sprained an ankle and will miss a few practices.
Freshman Tate Forcier will work with the first team in practice because of the injury to Sheridan. Both players split reps during the first five practices.
Former Eastern Michigan head coach Jeff Genyk attended practice.
Contact: David Ablauf (734) 763-4423
