I believe it was more than injuries, too. Those were signif, but his confidence

Sep 14, 2020
8:31:18pm

SinkingQuffa Intervention Needed

was very much compromised in ways that went beyond his worries about recurring injury.

He really lost some toughness as well as confidence, I thought. D1 ball is rough (& unlucky) for a lot of promising kids. As is the NFL.

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Reading something about Jake Heaps & came across info on Ross Apo. How does a...

BleedCougarBlue2

9/14/20 7:48pm

Lingering nagging injuries his whole career (shoulder, mainly, I think)

Coop

9/14/20 7:49pm

No major injuries, but enough injuries to keep him from breaking out.

a priori

9/14/20 7:50pm

He actually had several lingering injuries

I'mBatman

9/14/20 8:07pm

Actually he had a major injury early on that required several surgeries. You

Nakedbootleg

9/14/20 8:35pm

Ross had multiple knee and shoulder surgeries

Mabuhay Coug

9/15/20 12:34am

Truth. Ross is a truly level-headed and genuine guy. Helped one of my buddies

BlueVU

9/15/20 8:18am

Like I said below, I wish Apo nothing but the best. If one gives their absolute

BleedCougarBlue2

9/15/20 1:06pm

Those last two opinions didn't stop Cody Hoffman.

Y05

9/14/20 9:34pm

I stand partially corrected.

a priori

9/15/20 2:01am

First year he broke his finger, then against Utah state he literally got hung

1984coug

9/14/20 7:51pm

Please Nelson didn’t do him a lot of favors in getting him the ball. Apo often

mudpupper

9/14/20 7:56pm

I read this as President Nelson at first. Fun mental image.

All-American

9/14/20 7:58pm

You could tell coaches wanted him to get involved on the outside- but Ross was

1984coug

9/14/20 8:00pm

What does that have to do with what 1984Coug said?

Y05

9/14/20 9:37pm

I believe it was more than injuries, too. Those were signif, but his confidence

SinkingQuffa

9/14/20 8:31pm

Have you ever tried to play football while injured?

antiyewt

9/15/20 8:16am

When the trauma of injuries get in one's head

SinkingQuffa

9/15/20 10:26am

very sad. He had one of the best freshman WR seasons ever at BYU then downhill..

icecougar

9/14/20 7:59pm

Similar to McKay Jacobson: very promising freshman year followed by limited

Forzaitalia

9/14/20 8:30pm

True, but McKay Jacobsen didn't quite have the size that Ross Apo had; don't....

BleedCougarBlue2

9/14/20 9:09pm

McKay was really good as a sophomore. But just look at his quarterbacks:

Bossk82

9/14/20 9:14pm

Thats a fair point. Who were Ross's QBs?

Forzaitalia

9/14/20 9:23pm

Heaps/Nelson 2011, Nelson/Lark 2012, Taysom 2013, Taysom/Stewart 2014

Bossk82

9/14/20 9:29pm

Thanks for the info. Those QBs were not the best draw in the world for Ross,

Forzaitalia

9/14/20 9:45pm

It seemed like he didn’t get many chances to show what he could do

Pigskin Pete

9/15/20 2:41am

true. with McKay he never seemed to recapture his elusiveness after his mission

icecougar

9/15/20 1:52pm

What happened to Ross Apo?

Cougrrrs Roll

9/14/20 8:02pm

Wow, that was a good review. Stuff like that must be hard for 4/5-star guys to..

BleedCougarBlue2

9/14/20 8:33pm

Thx, guys, for providing the back story on this. I wish Ross Apo well in life!

BleedCougarBlue2

9/14/20 8:34pm

Random, but I lived at the same apt complex as him after he graduated. He said

jarvisjack32

9/14/20 10:24pm

At an HS all star camp someone wrote that he was the best prospect there. I

gp232

9/15/20 9:03am

He was never the same after the '11 UCF concussion. prior he looked NFL bound

Jimboo

9/15/20 9:24am

He got married as a pkayer, didn't he?

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