Another college football player has decided to step away from the game in the interest of concerns about his health. On Wednesday, West Virginia linebacker Brendan Ferns officially called it a career after dealing with a number of injuries since his arrival in Morgantown.
“This was a tough decision, but I have accepted a medical scholarship and will not be able to play my final two years here at WVU,” Ferns said in a statement shared on his Twitter account. “These past three years at WVU were not how I envisioned them, but life happens. eventually, every athlete will have to hang it up, but some do sooner than others.”
A prized recruit in West Virginia’s Class of 2016, Ferns only ever managed to appear in eight games for West Virginia due to shoulder and knee injuries plaguing his time in a Mountaineer uniform. He was out of action for the majority of the 2018 season as he recovered from an offseason knee surgery.
