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the doctor isnt neccessarily lying. the university might just not want to release the severity of the injury for marcus' privacy. this will be a very hard time for him and he doesnt need any extra stress from his business being talked about on espn. feel really bad for the kid. him and chris thompson have the worst luck ive ever seen.

my mom is a physical therapist and i asked her what she saw happen in her opinion. she said most likely a dislocation with a lot of ligament damage. the way it bent he likely tore most if not all of the ligaments in his knee. she called it at least a 1 year injury minimum, and he might be lucky to ever play football again. said that was one of the worst knee injuries shes ever seen and she works with athletes every day

yeah he probly will be able to play. the question is will he be the same player. that was a catastrophic knee injury.

i hope he does. seems like a good kid and nobody deserves to get blasted like that

Just a freak play man.

I really hate it for Marcus.

Heartbroken to see Lattimore go down like that. Probably the most influential player to ever suit up in a Gamecock uniform! Marcus has a bright future even if he never makes it back on the field. Dude is a general and great role model

He didn't lie, he just used medical terminology and there are translation issues.

[notadoctor]A knee dislocation (NOT a kneecap dislocation) is exactly what you'd think - the tibia/fibia are moved in relation to the femur. In order for this to happen, you have to tear the connective tissue (ligaments) that holds the tibia/fibia and femur together. Therefore, if a doctor says your knee is dislocated, the ligament damage is implied.

I will guarantee he has at least 1 ligament tear in his knee based on the prognosis of knee dislocation. For football purposes, a torn MCL is worlds different than a torn ACL, but based on the severe rotation of his lower leg, I'm not going out on a limb too far when I say I'm willing to bet his ACL and PCL are torn. My gut feeling is 18 months recovery.[/notadoctor]

Hope this helps and I obviously hope my gut feeling is wrong.

The doctor did say that there was ligament damage. Anyone can assume that means torn ligaments in his knee, he just didn't specify which ligaments. Could be one and could be four.