Georgia commit injured in science class accident
Georgia commit Ben Cleveland, a four-star offensive lineman, was planning to participate in a Rivals camp in the Atlanta area over the weekend but had to sit it out due to an injury.
It wasn’t an injury he sustained on the field, either. It happened in the classroom.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Cleveland, a 6-foot-7, 325-pound guard was injured in science class and had to get stiches in his hand.
“He was doing lab and he was holding a glass bottle,” Frank Barden, Cleveland’s high school coach, told the AJC. “I don’t know if it was the chemical in the glass or from squeezing it – but the glass broke. And he had to have some stitches in his hand.”
Cleveland also plays baseball at Stephens County High School and has had to miss a bit of time because of the ordeal. His coach says he’ll be “fine” and back in the lineup as soon his stitches heal.
“They’re in his right hand, and he throws left-handed,” Barden said. “I think they taped his ring finger and his middle finger together. He couldn’t wear a glove last week, but I think that was how he was going to be able to DH.”
Cleveland committed to the Bulldogs in July and is considered by Rivals to be the second-best guard in the country and the fourth-best player in the state of Georgia in the 2016 class. Additionally, he’s ranked No. 42 overall in the country, so he’s quite the addition to Mark Richt’s 2016 class.
We know Richt wants to make sure Cleveland’s hand heals up soon.
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