Good C.J. Dozier article in the Tucson Weekly
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 5:21 pm
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/bang ... id=4921661
Banged Up
For former football players, life with concussions ain’t easy
Justin Sayers
C.J. Dozier
C.J. Dozier remembers having a headache, but he doesn't remember the impact. He just heard the whistle and kept practicing.
"Next thing I know, I was (feeling) more and more out of it," he said.
Arizona's rising sophomore linebacker was practicing during fall camp in August 2013, just a couple weeks before the season opener against Northern Arizona.
"I didn't even say anything to anybody," Dozier says. "The next day I came to practice and we were warming up, and the trainer came up to me and said one of my teammates was worried about me. They said the day before at practice I was acting really strange. After warmups that day, that was the last time I touched the field."
Dozier is one of a number of former football players who are seeing the long-term effects of multiple concussions.
Banged Up
For former football players, life with concussions ain’t easy
Justin Sayers
C.J. Dozier
C.J. Dozier remembers having a headache, but he doesn't remember the impact. He just heard the whistle and kept practicing.
"Next thing I know, I was (feeling) more and more out of it," he said.
Arizona's rising sophomore linebacker was practicing during fall camp in August 2013, just a couple weeks before the season opener against Northern Arizona.
"I didn't even say anything to anybody," Dozier says. "The next day I came to practice and we were warming up, and the trainer came up to me and said one of my teammates was worried about me. They said the day before at practice I was acting really strange. After warmups that day, that was the last time I touched the field."
Dozier is one of a number of former football players who are seeing the long-term effects of multiple concussions.