Maroney injury problems?

thecrazyeye · May 18, 2006

Of all the stories i've read it seems that Maroney has been a very healthy player in his career. Then I just read this from Scout.com

"It was a bit of a surprise when the team selected oft-injured back Laurence Maroney over DeAngelo Williams in round one. While Maroney is a talented ball carrier, the inability to stay healthy and the fact heâ€™s never truly carried the load in college is worrisome."

Does anyone know what kind of problems Maroney had and if so how many games he missed due to injury?

DefenseRules · May 18, 2006

thecrazyeye said:
Of all the stories i've read it seems that Maroney has been a very healthy player in his career. Then I just read this from Scout.com

"It was a bit of a surprise when the team selected oft-injured back Laurence Maroney over DeAngelo Williams in round one. While Maroney is a talented ball carrier, the inability to stay healthy and the fact heâ€™s never truly carried the load in college is worrisome."

Does anyone know what kind of problems Maroney had and if so how many games he missed due to injury?

I've been trying to figure this one out for days, and I haven't found anything.

DefenseRules · May 18, 2006

I found this at ESPN.com (draft section)
http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft...go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/player?id=10306

Overall: Maroney was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2003 (coaches and media) when he rushed for 1,121 yards and 10 TD's on 162 carries. He also averaged 25.8 yards per kickoff return with a TD. He was named first-team Big Ten as a sophomore in 2004, when he rushed for 1,348 yards and 12 TD's on 217 carries while splitting time with Marion Barber III (Cowboys). Maroney has taken over as the fulltime load-carrying back for the Golden Gophers as a junior in 2005 and his production on the ground has been outstanding thus far. Missed one game and was limited in several others due to lingering ankle injury in 2005. Despite the injury, Maroney finished fifth nationally with an average of 133.1 rushing yards per game last season, when he rushed for 1,464 yards and 10 TD's on 281 carries. He also caught 17 passes

Injuries are part of the game. All of Patriot nation should know this by now. Our Patriots have been one of the most banged up teams in the league over the last few years. I'll say this. Rushing for an average of 133.1 yards a game while nursing a nagging ankle injury, ain't to shabby, IMO.

bishbash · May 18, 2006

thecrazyeye said:
Does anyone know what kind of problems Maroney had and if so how many games he missed due to injury?

Scout.com obviously is confusing him with Larange Baloney of Univ.of Minn. at Austin. Happens all the time!

bucky · May 18, 2006

Maroney missed 1 full game and portions of 2 others with a bad ankle. But look at what else he did - he had a game last year where he had 51 touches (46 carries + 5 receptions) for 276 yards. He also went consecutive weeks vs. Michigan and Wisc where he totaled 79 carries for 387 yards. 2 weeks later he had 28 touches for 146 yards vs. Ohio St.

Over the first 8 weeks of the season he had 233 carries and 14 receptions. That's an average of 31 touches/game. I'd say he can carry the load.

SeanBruschi54 · May 18, 2006

Deangelo williams is the more oft inured player so what is the point?

BelichickFan · May 19, 2006

I think the fact that he's always shared the load makes these people think that it was due to injury - when, in fact, it was just how the coach chose to run his offense. It's a point in favor of Maroney to me - RB take a beating and only have a certain number of carries in their productive life; I'm glad that Maroney didn't use too many of them up in college.

Hendrix · May 19, 2006

uhh..maroney is not an oft injured player. I don't know where they're getting this

PatsWorldChamps · May 19, 2006

dw was an injury magnet... never healthy.

Brownfan80 · May 19, 2006

bishbash said:
Scout.com obviously is confusing him with Larange Baloney of Univ.of Minn. at Austin. Happens all the time!

Larange Baloney. You made me laugh out loud with that one.

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