It was one of the worst ankle injuries I've seen. It was swollen half way up his calf, like a limp fish. But Troy had youth on his side. And he worked hard. I knew if he was going to recover, it was going to be all him.

His ankle is really not swollen, but we have to get it evaluated, both he and Marlon.

For a while it was so swollen it looked like cement blocks were on both sides of ankle.

I've never seen that in 36 years with two injuries like that (in one position) in the same game. McLaughlin has a fractured collarbone, but could be back in four-five weeks. Young's is a little more serious; his is broken.

He averaged something like three touchdowns a game in that tournament.

Troy was very committed, almost to the point to where we had to be cautious he didn't push past the boundaries we set for him. The first step was to get him to put the foot on the ground — to put weight on it without creating more pain.