Shot Jacksonville lineman is paralyzed

Doctors: Shot Jacksonville lineman is paralyzed
By RON WORD, Associated Press Writer

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP)—Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier, shot while sitting in a car outside an apartment complex earlier this month, is paralyzed below the waist and his left leg was amputated, his doctor said Monday.

Collier was on a ventilator for about three weeks and has no memory of the shooting, said Dr. Andy Kerwin, a surgeon for the University of Florida at Shands Jacksonville hospital.

“His overall condition has improved greatly,” Kerwin said. “We expect him to be discharged soon.”

Kerwin said Collier suffered 14 bullet wounds to the back, left groin, left legs and right buttock. In addition, a bullet severed his spinal cord, causing the paralysis. The amputation was the result of damage to his left leg and groin, where blood clots formed. Five bullets alone were removed from his urinary bladder and the 26-year-old player also had bouts of pneumonia, infections and renal failure.

Still, his condition has been upgraded to good from critical.

Collier will undergo physical therapy to learn how to move from his bed to a wheelchair. He will never walk again, the doctor said.

Collier’s agent Jeff Jankovich said the player’s family wanted to make sure Collier understood what had happened to him before releasing details to the public. He said they even kept the Jaguars in the dark.

“He has extreme grief for a lifetime of dreams he won’t be able to fulfill,” the agent said.

Jankovich refused to say specifically when Collier would be released, citing security concerns.

Collier and former teammate Kenneth Pettway were waiting for two women outside an apartment complex early Sept. 2 when a gunman fired into the vehicle, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Pettway was not injured.

The motive behind the attack on Collier is unknown, but investigators said earlier he appeared to be targeted. Police have made no arrests in the shooting.

Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio and several players attended the news conference.

“It’s a tragedy this young man was caught up in this violence,” Del Rio said. “It’s a great tragedy for a young man who had such a promising future.”

Offensive tackle Tony Pashos said the attack on Collier has been difficult for his teammates. “I think about him a lot,” he said.

Collier was in his third year with the NFL after graduating from Valdosta State.

He was the third NFL player shot in the past 18 months. Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor was fatally shot during what police said was a botched burglary attempt at his Miami-area home in November. Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was killed when his rented limousine was sprayed with bullets minutes after leaving a New Year’s party at a club in 2007.


(Oh man, I feel so bad for him. That is really sad)

Please do not use racial slurs. Using an @ symbol in place of the letter "i" does not make it any less of a racial slur.

They deserve those slurs!


I am getting tired of getting called out;

Not just on this forum

But others


I guess I can't call women like Yates B@tches either


They too deserve it!


They ain't human beings either!

We got a guy clinging to life in a hospital

His career over!

His leg gone


While these pieces of human shit that did this are out on the streets doing God knows what


I didn't start this topic either;

But I am gonna give my two cents about it.


A racial slur is nothing compared to the hell this man and his family are going through right now


The PC bullshit in this country has to stop!

Calling blacks "savages" and "refus[ing] to call them humans" has no place on a Detroit Tigers message board. I suggest that if you want to have those types of discussions you join a KKK message board.

Saying "If they ever catch these low life (expletive deleted) that did this (expletive deleted); there shouldn't even be a trial They should be shot in the head or hung upside down by their (male genitalia)" is grossly offensive and goes against every principle of the American justice system.

I guess they are respected human beings;


Because they grew up in broken homes; in a harsh enviroment without a dad


They are the victims?


My ass!


And I also said the same thing about Yates { not being human]

At least defend her as well

Don't just make it racial!


Speaking of Yates; That wench was convicted of murder; sentenced to death; but some BS liberal Judge overturned her conviction and she was found not guilty by reason of insanity

Some Justice System


She kills five of her kids and she in a mental hospital and could be free someday

Jeffery Dahmer was White

I consider him to be a savage and non human

By the way


I am Catholic


I don't think I be welcome in the KKK forum board

wow dood calm down

detroitwings82 wrote:

wow dood calm down

Why don't the thugs out there calm down


No!


Better Yet!

Stop the senseless gang and drug related violence.



These thugs sure are tough gang banging and killing little kids and old people in drive by shootings

But according to Obama and the his good buddies; Farrahkan, Sharpton, and Jackson


The White Man is the Devil

It is our fault Blacks are killing other Blacks

And they need reparations to rebuild neighborhoods they destroyed


Wrong!


On all three counts