B.J. Coleman had some nervous moments Monday. The former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga quarterback had to sit still at his doctor’s office in Hattiesburg, Miss., as the cast was cut off his right hand.
Almost anyone would be a little nervous about having a blade so close to his flesh, but for a quarterback hoping to have an NFL career, that was his money-maker on the line.
“I was very nervous about getting the cast off, and I was nervous getting out of the cast, to be honest with you,” Coleman said. “I didn’t know how my hand was going to feel. The biggest thing is getting the stiffness out.”
After breaking the pinky on his throwing hand while training for the NFL combine, Coleman was in a cast for three weeks. That forced him to miss out on throwing at the combine. He did all the interviews and a few running drills but couldn’t throw alongside his fellow prospects.
Coleman said he went straight from having the cast removed to a throwing session. The little finger is not an integral part of how he throws the ball, but he’s under doctor’s orders to take it easy for a little while before going full speed ahead.