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OU's Granger denied medical hardship waiver

DeMarcus Granger

By Staff Reports
Published: 10/27/2009 1:46 PM
Last Modified: 10/27/2009 3:33 PM

Related story: OU Notebook: Granger seeks hardship

The NCAA has denied a request for a medical hardship that would allow Oklahoma defensive tackle DeMarcus Granger to play another season for the Sooners.

"It's very unfortunate for DeMarcus," OU coach Bob Stoops said Tuesday at his weekly news conference. "He has fought through that back, and he has part of a nerve that hasn't quite fully come back yet. They believe it will, it just hasn't over time to where he's not able to fire the one leg as strong or quick as he needs to.

"It's been frustrating. He's been a great teammate. He's been out there working, up until the last week, trying to help. He's just not able to quite do it."

Granger has been sidelined all season, his fifth at OU, after undergoing back surgery last December.

Once rated the nation's top high school defensive tackle, Granger redshirted in 2005 and battled injury and conditioning issues early in his career.

He progressed enough to become an honorable mention All-Big 12 Conference tackle in 2007, when he started 11 games. But that season ended with his suspension from the Fiesta Bowl, after he was arrested for shoplifting at an Arizona mall.

Granger broke his foot at Washington early last season, but missed only two games before

rejoining OU's rotation at tackle.

By Staff Reports

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Reader comments for this story have been moved to the most updated version of the story, now under the headline "OU Notebook: Granger finished," which was published on 10/28/2009. So far, 9 comments have been made.

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