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

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Sep 14, 2020
8:35:43pm

Nakedbootleg All-American

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

Just never know what these guys are really dealing with. The ugly side of fandom is we want the team to win so bad many fans do quit seeing players as anything more than interchangeable pieces that must be defective if they don’t produce.

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Nakedbootleg

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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.

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?

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?

9/15/20 11:53am

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