Maybe the danger of Traumatic Brain Injury is finally sinking in with student athletes. On Wednesday it was announced that University of Kentucky safety Matt Lentz is abandoning his football career because of concussions. http://www.wkyt.com/wymtsports/headlines/89627587.html
The news was announced by Coach Joker Phillips, who lamented the fact that Lentz would no longer be playing, although he will still serve as a student coach.
“It breaks my heart because I was a huge part of getting Matt here,” Phillips said.
Lentz, a junior from South Carolina, plans to apply to keep his scholarship because of a medical handicap.
He joined the University of Kentucky as a quarterback in 2007, and then became a safety in 2008. In the past two years he played in 25 games.