Breaking News: Louisville top WR Caullin Lacy suffers broken….
Louisville receiver Caullin Lacy broke his collarbone during the final scrimmage of fall camp Saturday and will be out “an extended period of time,” the school announced.
Lacy, one of the top players to sign with the Cardinals through the transfer portal, was expected to be their No. 1 receiver. Last season at South Alabama, Lacy had 91 receptions for 1,316 yards — both ranking No. 5 in the country — and seven touchdown catches.
Louisville must replace its leading receiver from a year ago, James Thrash, who led the team with 69 catches for 858 yards and six touchdowns.
Chris Bell finished second on the team last season and is back for the Cardinals; he is expected to take on a bigger role, and Louisville also has Alabama transfer Ja’Corey Brooks.
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WHEN ALCORN STATE quarterback Steve McNair and his teammates would walk from their dorms to Jack Spinks Stadium for home games, they’d always hear students and fans tailgating. They’d smell barbecue. On that walk, fans would clamor to get close to their heroes in purple and gold. McNair and his teammates would take time to snap quick pictures or sign autographs for their supporters.
But on Oct. 22, 1994, when the Braves were set to take on Southern, with McNair poised to break Ty Detmer’s NCAA career total offense record, the walk out to the stadium was different.
“No pictures. No barbecue. No nothing,” said Donald Ray Ross, who played wide receiver at Alcorn with McNair.
That week, fans started their tailgating on Thursday because everybody wanted to make sure they had a good seat inside the stadium to watch McNair make history.
During McNair’s senior season, he threw for 5,377 yards and 47 touchdowns and rushed for 904 yards and nine more scores. He became the first player from a historically Black college or university to land an invite to the Heisman Trophy ceremony (he finished third) and eventually became the highest drafted HBCU offensive player ever when he was taken with the third pick in the 1995 NFL draft. He had a 13-year NFL career that saw him make three Pro Bowls and win co-MVP in 2003, and famously nearly won Super Bowl XXXIV with Tennessee. He died in 2009, at the age of 36, the victim of a homicide.
