This story doesn’t have a perfect, Hollywood ending. At least not as far as football goes.
Bo Dyer won’t be out on the field scrimmaging at Finley Stadium today in his University of Tennessee at Chattanooga gear, maybe making a big hit or diving on a fumble. Those days are now officially over.
The redshirt sophomore linebacker, who sat out last season after developing a blood clot in his right lung in July, has been advised to give up the game.
“I wish it would have had a happy ending, but everything happens for a reason and I’m learning to accept that part of it, too,” said Dyer, who began his career at running back and scored a touchdown on his first carry.
Dyer is fit and the previous clot is long gone, but he has been diagnosed with a genetic disorder called Factor V Leiden, which increases the chance of developing blood clots.