John Emery Jr. Ends Season With ACL Injury After Practice | What Does This Mean For LSU's Run Game?

hey I'm hunt and this is hunt on LSU your channel for LSU fighting tiger Football Talk enjoy the video we want you to leave a comment below hit that like button and subscribe right below the video enjoy uh unfortunately we will start on a very very very somber note as reportedly John Emory Jr's final season in college is done Wilson Alexander of The Advocate posted a story here within the last 45 minutes saying that sources indicated to he and the rest of the advocate School uh staff that John Emery suffered a torn ACL in yesterday's practice of course we understand that John Emery suffered a torn ACL against Florida in November of last year he rehabed to get back from that injury uh he was out there the first day of camp and a big bulky brace going through drills full speed and um was going to be someone this team counted on significantly at the running back spot and he was the most effective back they had in the game on Sunday busted to uh two nice runs in an otherwise pretty pedestrian running game for LSU uh when the dust settled in the ball game he had nine carries for 61 yards in the game also had a catch for 10 yards and uh again was very much going to be an integral part of what LSU was trying to do in the running game and it appears based on Wilson's reporting that LSU will not have John Emory in his time as a college football player likely done now look you've got a guy in Miami who's in his ninth year so I can't claim to know every single in andout here here of um the rules and and eligibility and and all that but we do understand that John Emory started his college career in 2019 he was a reserve on LSU's uh National Championship team played in 10 games that season uh in 2020 the co year uh he appeared in nine games that year his junior year in 2021 he did not participate with the football team due to some academic issues um those got squared away he came back in 2022 and played in his fifth year in college in 202 three uh he played in seven games before tearing his ACL and then he was back this year uh so you look at 19 and then 20 but 20 doesn't count and then 2021 he didn't play and you've got 2022 2023 and then into 2024 again I I can't sit here the news is fairly fresh I can't comeb through the entirety of the regulations and rules this would probably qualify as a medical red shirt because he only played in one game does he have one of those if you've missed a year in 2020 uh one and then you don't count the co year perhaps um I I could see a way that that happens but that's really not of consequence today it's just a huge huge bummer that John Emory has a season come to an end after just one week this is a guy who has dealt with so much that I just outlined there he's had such a a long and Winding Road and we saw after the end of last season Once he tore his ACL he did briefly enter the transfer portal and it looked like hey he's going to try to you know finish things up somewhere else and now that he decided to come back to LSU he figured he was going to be a big piece to what they were doing and instead his season is cut short after just four quarters of action so sincere sincere thoughts um with John Emory as he'll start another road to Rehabilitation whether or not he wants to play football again whether or not he he is eligible to return to LSU those are things that we'll worry about and that he'll certainly concern himself with moving forward but the the news today is that he won't be a part of this football team on the field moving forward and that's a that's a heartbreaking thing for a guy that's fought back from as many things as John Emery Jr has now what does it mean for LSU um you know I if you were listening to the pregame show back on uh on Sunday I had Frank Wilson as my assistant coach interview of the week and I have told y'all many times I'm not trying to like you know pull put a curtain up or anything like when I go do these interviews with these assistant coaches it is very very quick I go there generally on Thursday afternoon or Friday morning I walk into their office they're at the desk we record an interview for literally 3 minutes and I say coach appreciate your time best of luck on Saturday and in this case Sunday and walk out like there's not a lot of small talk I'm not trying to get in the way late in a game week while they're trying to prepare and they've got meetings and there's traveling coming up and this is not a time for hunt to dig in and pry and get a bunch of information it's a it's a quick deal because college football coach's time is very very valuable um so I I don't tend to hang around a lot but Frank Wilson's been around for a long time and he does know who I am he's gone through this uh this process a few times with me over the years uh so I did chalk with Coach Frank um for about 5 minutes outside of the interview and one of the things I I I told him I said you know they all are a little thin on numbers at at running back he said no Four's fine four he he had no concern about having having four four tail backs um he said last year when they had eight the beginning of Camp that's a rest PE for disaster you you cannot please eight running backs that's just not going to happen but he felt good about four well you cut that down to three you cut 25% out of that and you realize there's a true freshman sitting there waiting that hasn't played at all that is tight and I think I think now knowing what we know you know 80 hours later from the time I talk with Coach Wilson like maybe it's not quite as good as it was on Friday so this is a tough spot for LSU to be in you've got Josh Williams who's going to be your starting tailback you've got Caleb Jackson who's got a lot of talent couldn't get things going on Sunday but he's a guy that you feel like can be a real impact player for you and then you've got Kaden Durham who's going to have to step up his reps just increased he's going to have to play and I'm excited about Kaden Durham he is a legit track star he's got unbelievable speed he's a little undersized in the terms of his height because he's like 5'9 510 but he's not undersized in terms of of how Stout he is like he's a stocky stocky back he's got a low Center gravity and he can really really run um if you're talking about easing freshman in we're going to talk about some LSU defensive backs later on in the show that may be asked to play you're at a pretty good spot in the schedule now to start getting some people some work Nicholls is a scrimmage this is a glorified practice with tailgating on Saturday you can get Kaden Durham 20 carries if you want I don't think they will but you could and then you've got South Carolina who I think is Dreadful I think they're one of the worst teams in the SEC we'll get into power rankings in the second hour but I think they're bad then you've got UCLA who I don't think is any good they didn't score a single point in the first half against Hawaii and you've also got South Alabama coming up like that's your next month I don't think you play anybody that's any good in the next month so you've got a chance now before the first Buy before you get into Old Miss and you get into going to College Station and you get into Alabama and then you see Oklahoma on the schedule before any of that you've got a little bit of time to get some people's feet wet against Lincoln Riley in Las Vegas Under The Lights of Allegiance Stadium probably not the best time to toss fresh right on in there PJ Woodland played and he played his butt off and um but it's it's not an ideal situation to get guys feet wet now you do have that opportunity so if you want to save some tread on the tires of Josh Williams you want to save some tread on the tires of Caleb Jackson you want to try to get Kaden Durham up to speed you can get him as many carries as you want especially this week and especially against South Alabama you can't just completely throw all caution to the wind against South Carolina next week same thing probably goes for UCLA although I don't think that one is quite as dangerous in Tiger Stadium but you've got some time to get some guys up to speed LSU is too thin at tailback you're going to say what about Trey Holly I don't know about Trey Holly Brian Kelly talked to Matt musona at SEC media days on the record about Trey Holly and at that point he believed that Trey Holly's court date was going to be within the next 10 days that everything would work itself out and that he would be back with the team for fall Camp that's what Brian Kelly told Matt on the record back in Dallas that was in July obviously we now know that the attorneys involved ask for an extension and a delay of that uh court date it's coming up later in September and maybe by late September Trey Holly can rejoin the team maybe not I don't know that you can count on that they have tried LSU's football program has tried to keep Trey Holly in shape and engage the best they can he's not at practice he's not in the film room he's not at meetings he's not doing any of that they're trying to keep him in shapee so that if the opportunity presents itself and he can come back that he is ready to do so in the best way that he can but right now as I sit here and we're in early September and we're one game in the rearview mirror and Trey Holly hasn't been with the team since back in in the winter I can't I can't necessarily Bank on him showing up and being an impact back for LSU this show is now Josh Williams it is now Caleb Jackson it is now Kaden Durham those are the guys and you're going to have to find a way with three backs to get through this season that is that is uncomfortable I I understand that Eight's too many but you probably need to have five and now LSU's got three so if Holly comes back and can give you anything in October November that lessens the blow a little bit but right now you've got those guys and they got to get Kaden Durham up to speed and you know you heard me for two days now talk about the offensive line and ends have' got to do a better job of blocking but your your depth is bordering on razor thin now at the tailback spot so if you're just jumping in the car what's on talking about it's a really really rough news John Emery Jr reportedly suffered a torn ACL in practice yesterday his second torn ACL in the last 11 months um just gut-wrenching stuff for a guy who's gone through so much in his college career to have this season cut short like that is just uh really really tough so more on that as ites available we have play interviews tonight uh with the LSU players Brian Kelly will meet with the Press tomorrow afternoon then he'll have his radio show tomorrow evening so you won't hear anything from Brian Kelly on this until tomorrow afternoon um but maybe some reaction from some of the players uh today as we get some player interviews just before 6 o'clock on this Wednesday hey thanks for watching hunt on LSU before you get out of 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