Rutgers' LeGrand nominated
Thursday, December 02, 2010
STAFF WRITER
Rutgers University defensive tackle Eric LeGrand is the weekly nominee for the Discover Orange Bowl Courage Award, to be announced at the end of the season by the Football Writers Association of America.
LeGrand, a junior from Avenel, was paralyzed from the neck down Oct. 16, while making a tackle against Army.
The most recent news is encouraging. LeGrand is continuing his rehabilitation at Kessler Institute in West Orange. Last week, he was taken off a ventilator, and is able to breathe on his own. His injury was recently reclassified from a complete spinal cord injury to an incomplete spinal cord injury