Fozzy Whittaker Out For Season

(September 2, 2011 - Photo by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images North America)

     Fozzy Whittaker, a senior for the University of Texas Longhorns football team, is out for the season. He played running back and kick returner and suffered a season-ending injury during the Missouri game this Saturday. The Longhorns lost the game 5-17.
     Fozzy Whittaker was more than just an outstanding player. He had amazing character and leadership. When senior safety Blake Gideon heard that Fozzy would not be able to return for the remainder of the season, it brought him to tears. That is an example of how much of an impact and inflluence Fozzy Whittaker had on the Longhorns football team.
     "He would lay down in the street for any one of us. The type of guy that he is … the type of character that Fozzy has and what he will do for anyone one of us, that just shows you the type of person he is and why all of us think so much of him,” Gideon said in an interview.
     When Fozzy injured his knee, he had his mother come down to the locker room from the stands. She put her hands on his knee and together they prayed for it. 
     Even after he found out that the Missouri game would be his last in a Longhorns uniform, Fozzy did not complain or feel sorry for himself. The next day he was out on the field encouraging and cheering up his teammates and coaches. That shows the character that Fozzy has that makes him so respected.

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