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Quotes from Kyle Whittingham on Quarterback Travis Wilson
11/18/2013 12:00 AM | Football
Nov. 18, 2013
Travis Wilson suffered a concussion at ASU on the play where the ball came loose down in the red zone. It was a quarterback run. He didn't have any symptoms during the game or after the game, so it wasn't apparent that it was a concussion. It was the next day that a headache and some things started to surface. That was the beginning of it. Through the concussion diagnosis process, a preexisting condition was discovered. They proceeded to give him an angiogram to take a closer look, and that confirmed that there was a preexisting problem and something that needs to be addressed and continue to be monitored. Travis is done for the season. He has been declared unable to play for the rest of the year. It could be career ending. We'll find out. We won't know for certain for several months. Travis is a tough, competitive kid, and very upset by this, obviously. Disappointed. He was a big part of what we're doing on offense, as our starting quarterback, and we're going to miss him, but the most important thing is his long-term health, and that's all that anyone is concerned with right now. That is the bottom line. The medical staff is proceeding to make sure that everything is done in the proper way to make sure that is the thing that we're addressing.
I'm not a doctor and wouldn't want to screw up [the specifics of the injury.] It's preexisting. I'm not even sure it's a head trauma. It could be genetic. I'm not completely involved in that part of it.
The way I understand it, this is not a life-threatening condition, but it may put him at higher risk because of it, if he were to continue to play. But that is still to be determined.
Question: The concussion against Arizona State is not related to what was discovered in the angiogram. That was a preexisting condition before the concussion? The concussion led to you discovering the preexisting condition?
KW: The way I understand it, that's exactly right.
It's quite common [not to suffer concussion symptoms until the next day.] Most of our concussions aren't discovered until the next day ... or two in some cases.
We want Travis around the program and close to the program. Travis will address the team today. He wants to do that. As far as we're concerned, he's a part of our team.
I wouldn't say Travis is in a state of shock, but very disappointed. He's a competitive kid, as I mentioned earlier. He wants to be out there in the worst way. It's hard on him. It's really hard on him.
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