Tim Tebow Plays Injured 50% of the Time

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Great look into Tebow’s Injuries by the Orlando Sentinel:

While the Florida Gators became the most dominant preseason No. 1 in history, Tim Tebow was nursing a sore back.

The Florida quarterback sat out contact drills all week and has experienced back tightness.

The Heisman Trophy winner is “100 percent” and will participate in full practices next week, Coach Urban Meyer said.

Tebow’s health is crucial if the Gators plan to fulfill the otherworldly hype that follows them this season. The Gators took 58 of the possible 60 first-place votes in this week’s Associated Press preseason poll, the most dominant margin in college football history.

Meyer said Tebow was held out of live situations against the defense mostly to get backup John Brantley reps, but Tebow’s back was “a little sore.”

“There is no disc issue, and [Tebow] will be full speed Monday,” Meyer said.

Tebow has compiled more than 8,400 total offensive yards and 110 touchdowns in three years with the Gators, who are vying for a third national title in four years.

Injuries are nothing new to Tebow, who has dealt with numerous setbacks in his Gators career. Tebow has never missed a game despite injuries to an ankle, shoulder, hand and knee.

Tebow took painkilling injections for six games in 2007 to alleviate an injured shoulder. The broken non-throwing hand suffered against Florida State in 2007 required a cast.

Tebow played three games in 2008 with a hyperextended knee and also sprained his ankle during the season.

Tebow obviously played hurt in January’s Bowl Championship Series win over Oklahoma because days later he underwent surgery on his non-throwing shoulder to remove a bone spur and correct chronic inflammation.

Tebow has started 27 games for the Gators, and he’s practically been hurt for half of them.

Tebow is secretive about his body, often saying he’s fine or 100 percent when he’s probably not. Tebow’s hyperextended knee didn’t leak until CBS Sports analyst Gary Danielson mentioned the injury on a teleconference before the Georgia game. Tebow had played on the injury for weeks.

Tebow said earlier in fall camp that injuries will not derail his hopes for another title.

“I’ve only got 14 games to play, so it’ll take a lot to get me off the field,” Tebow said.

Here’s a look at Tebow’s past injuries as well.  It’s amazing he hasn’t missed a start considering these injuries:

Shoulder, 2007
Buzz: Tebow took painkilling injections for the last six games of the 2007 season after injuring his shoulder against Kentucky. Tebow avoided talk about the pain.

Broken right (non-throwing) hand, 2007
Buzz: Tebow sustained a non-displaced fracture in his right hand during a touchdown run against Florida State. The injury put him in a cast.

Hyperextended knee, 2008
Buzz: Apparently Tebow played on the bad wheel for three games before CBS Sports’ Gary Danielson leaked the injury before the Georgia game.

Sprained ankle, 2008
Buzz: Tebow played on a sprained ankle for part of 2008, but there was no official word from UF on the severity of the injury.

Surgery on right (non-throwing) shoulder, 2009 offseason
Buzz: Days after the national championship game against Oklahoma, UF doctors removed a bone spur and corrected chronic inflammation. Tebow returned for spring practice with no setbacks.

As he said above, it’s going to take a lot to make him not walk on that field and play ball.

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