12-09-2007, 09:27 AM
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Why so serious?
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OSU FOOTBALL
OSU receiver Potokar begins treatments for cancer
Saturday, December 08, 2007 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus- A walk-on receiver fast enough to join teammates Chidmi Chekwa and Malcolm Jenkins on the 400-meter relay for Ohio State's track team, Dan Potokar also made himself known during 2007's spring football practice.
"He really started making some strides," Ohio State receivers coach Darrell Hazell said Friday. "I thought he had a chance to contribute."
But when preseason camp restarted in August, Potokar didn't feel like himself, and he never found the playing time he and his family were expecting. Thinking he might have mononucleosis, he never missed a practice but he never made it on the field during a game. On Nov. 27, more than a month after he began coughing up blood, the redshirt sophomore from Grove City, just south of Columbus, found out what was wrong.
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Anyone wishing to send cards to Potokar can mail them to Dan Potokar, 2861 Brookpark Circle, Grove City, OH, 43123. There is also a Internet message board available at carepages.com under the name Potokar.
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