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Tyson Gentry (Official Thread)

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Tom Archdeacon: Coleman, Gentry turn dark cloud into silver lining
By Tom Archdeacon

Staff Writer

Sunday, January 06, 2008

NEW ORLEANS ? The best thing I've seen here in New Orleans didn't come from down on Bourbon Street ? where Ohio State and Louisiana State fans are throwing themselves full force into this end-of-the-season football bacchanalia.

Nor has it come from anywhere else in the French Quarter, and likely it won't come Monday night when the Bucks and Tigers square off in the Superdome to decide the champion of college football.

The scene that's moved me the most here happened Saturday during OSU's Media Day.

Off in the wings ? far beyond the media scrums that engulfed the Superdome podiums where OSU marquee figures such as linebacker James Laurinaitis, quarterback Todd Boeckman and head coach Jim Tressel held court ? safety Kurt Coleman leaned back in his chair, his right hand resting on the arm of the wheelchair of paralyzed teammate Tyson Gentry, who sat next to him.

Ignored by everyone else, the two huddled with a couple of other OSU lesser-knowns and talked and laughed and seemed to enjoy their closeness.

This was that old dark cloud/silver lining theory put being to flesh-and-blood practice. Or, as Gentry would later say, "You can find good in anything if you want to. Things happen that you don't want, but we showed you can make a positive out of a negative."

And the very first time these two shared a closeness, it turned out to be devastatingly negative.
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Tom Archdeacon: Coleman, Gentry turn dark cloud into silver lining
 
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A Perkins Buckeye battles back

By ANTHONY MOUJAES | Sunday, October 12, 2008 9:36 AM EDT
COLUMBUS
Register Photo ANDREW LIST Tyson Gentry talks with wide receiver teammates Garrett Hummel and Dan Potokar before the game against Ohio University earlier this season. All three are from Ohio.












The smile on Tyson Gentry's face is as wide as ever.
And it's contagious, too.
Despite being in a motorized wheelchair since a football injury in April 2006, Gentry has stood tall to the challenge and continues to impact the lives of those around him.
Now a year into a rehab program at the Ohio State Medical Center that puts him on a treadmill with the assistance of a harness, Gentry is feeling the ground beneath his feet again.
The 23-year old Perkins graduate serves as an inspiration to his community, his family and to his Buckeye teammates who wear his No. 24 on their helmets in his honor.

He even has a joke at their expense.
Take junior Kurt Coleman, the player who tackled Gentry during that fateful 2006 spring practice.
"He was more broken up about the injury than I was," Gentry said. Coleman had enrolled at Ohio State early and the two hadn't talked much.
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BuckeyeMac;1289647; said:
After yesterday's game and going to sing Carmen Ohio, first one to go stand by Tyson was Coleman. I thought that was pretty neat and they were talking and laughing with each other.
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I watched the team walk into the stadium from skull session and Coleman was right next to Tyson then as well.
 
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FWIW--this situation, Tyson's injury, is probably very very difficult on Kurt Coleman because it was he who Tyson collided with when he suffered that injury. He probably thinks about it more than any of us will ever know. So when you say a prayer for Tyson, you might as well say one for Kurt because he probably needs one also.
 
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LitlBuck;1291751; said:
FWIW--this situation, Tyson's injury, is probably very very difficult on Kurt Coleman because it was he who Tyson collided with when he suffered that injury. He probably thinks about it more than any of us will ever know. So when you say a prayer for Tyson, you might as well say one for Kurt because he probably needs one also.
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Extremely good point. I know from my point, I accidently broke a senior's ankle on the opposing team, a kid who had warned me about a dirty nose tackle through a mutual friend. I ended his season and his football career as he wasn't good enough for college ball. I know I felt terrible and that was nothing compared to Tyson's injury, so I can't even remotely understand how Kurt, who seems like an outstanding human being is dealing with this. But as you LitlBuck, those two are two Bucks who are always in need of some love.
 
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I was injured at about the same age as Tyson was when he suffered his injury only mine was many years ago. My brother was driving the car when I had my injury and I know how he feels today even though it was a long long time ago.

Tyson puts on a very happy face in public but it is hell to depend on someone everyday to get you up in the morning and put you to bed at night not to mention all of the miscellaneous needs that are taking for granted by most people during a day.

That is why I say Tyson probably needs as many thoughts and prayers today as he did when he was first injured.
 
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OSU Insider: TV reveals Pryor's growing comfort - Ohio State Buckeyes Football & Basketball News - cleveland.com

A footnote at the bottom of an article on Pryor:

Gentry nominated: Ohio State senior Tyson Gentry was nominated this week for 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl/FWAA Courage Award. One nominee from around the country is announced each week with a winner chosen at the end of the season.

Gentry, a walk-on punter and receiver, was partially paralyzed during a scrimmage in April 2006 but has remained a part of the team, attending meetings, practices and games while working towards his degree in speech and hearing science.
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Official release:

FWAA > News > FedEx Orange Bowl Courage Award

OHIO STATE'S GENTRY NOMINATED FOR FEDEX ORANGE BOWL COURAGE AWARD

DALLAS (FWAA) ? Ohio State's Tyson Gentry is this week's nominee for the 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl/FWAA Courage Award, to be announced at the end of the season. Gentry, a senior from Sandusky, Ohio, suffered partial paralysis after he was injured during a spring practice in April 2006, but has remained a valued member of the team.

The walk-on punter was asked to help out as a receiver on the scout team. During a scrimmage, he suffered a broken C-4 vertebrae in his neck after catching a pass.

"I remember catching the ball and going a few steps to turn upfield, and the ball started to slip," Gentry told the Columbus Dispatch. "And I think I looked down to go to grab it, and just the way I was dragged to the ground ? it wasn't even a hit, just throwing me down to the ground.

"I think the way my head went down, it kind of went to the side and that's pretty much how it happened."

After several surgeries, Gentry has movement in his head and shoulders, and partial movement in his arms.

He continues a rigorous therapy regimen ? and has seen progress, regaining some feeling in different areas. Using a motorized wheelchair, Gentry continues as a member of the team, attending meetings, practices and games.

"Tyson is one of us," Ohio State receiver Brian Robiskie told the newspaper. "He always will be. His injury didn't change that."

Gentry, whose father also played at Ohio State, will be honored along with other Buckeyes seniors at the final home game vs. Michigan. He is on track to graduate with a degree in speech and hearing science next spring. His goal is to earn a master's degree and become a speech therapist.

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Tyson Gentry up for Courage Award

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:22 PM EDT
COLUMBUS
Register file photo/ANDREW LIST Tyson Gentry talks with wide receiver teammates Garrett Hummel and Dan Potokar before the game against Ohio University earlier this season. Gentry has been nominated for the FedEx Orange Bowl/FWAA Courage Award, to be announced at the end of the season.
Injured Ohio State walk-on punter/wide receiver Tyson Gentry, a Perkins graduate, has been nominated for the FedEx Orange Bowl/FWAA Courage Award, to be announced at the end of the season.
Gentry, a senior from Sandusky, suffered partial paralysis after he was injured during a spring practice in April 2006, but he has remained a valued member of the team.
He was asked to help out as a receiver on the scout team. During a scrimmage, he suffered a broken C-4 vertebrae in his neck after catching a pass.
??I remember catching the ball and going a few steps to turn up field, and the ball started to slip,?? Gentry remembered. ??And I think I looked down to go to grab it, and just the way I was dragged to the ground ? it wasn?t even a hit, just throwing me down to the ground. I think the way my head went down, it kind of went to the side and that?s pretty much how it happened.??
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