RALEIGH - Coach Tom O'Brien of N.C. State said that linebacker Nate Irving is out for the season as he recovers from injuries suffered in a June car wreck.
O'Brien said after the team scrimmage yesterday that doctors felt that it just made more sense for Irving not to rush back after he suffered a broken leg, a collapsed lung and a separated shoulder in the June 28 accident.
The Highway Patrol said that Irving apparently fell asleep at the wheel when the accident occurred on Interstate 40 in western Johnston County. Irving's car ran off the interstate and hit two trees. Irving was charged with careless and reckless driving.
Irving, speaking to reporters for the first time since the wreck, had held out hope he would be able to return, but said he "kind of expected" being sidelined all year. He said his only memory from that night was leaving home, then waking up in a hospital.
N.C. State's Irving out for season, O'Brien says
08-21-2009, 08:18 PM
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