A year later, Rutgers’ LeGrand has reason to believe
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — This Sunday will mark one year since former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand was paralyzed while making a tackle on a kick return against Army.
LeGrand, then a 270-pound defensive lineman for the Scarlet Knights, fractured his C3 and C4 vertebrae.
The 21-year-old is wheelchair-bound, unable to move below his shoulders, but he still leads a full life and believes he will walk again.
He does physical therapy three days a week. He’s working on his degree at Rutgers, taking classes three nights a week from home, using an online video conference.
And like most athletes do when they are done playing, LeGrand is now a sportscaster. He does analysis during pregame, postgame and halftime of Rutgers radio broadcasts.
Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano leans over defensive tackle Eric LeGrand as he was taken from the field after colliding with ArmyÂ’s Malcolm Brown while trying to make a tackle last season. This Sunday will mark one year since LeGrand was paralyzed while making a tackle on a kick return against Army. The 21-year-old is wheelchair-bound, unable to move below his shoulders, but he still leads a full life and believes he will walk again.
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Former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand, left, works with therapist Sandra Wojciehowski at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange, N.J. LeGrand does physical therapy three times a week.
Associated Press
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