TCU QB Trevone Boykin to undergo wrist surgery
TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin will miss the final week of spring practice to have surgery on his left, non-throwing wrist.
TCU head coach Gary Patterson said that Boykin, the 2014 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, injured the wrist when he fell out of bounds and landed on it against Kansas State on Nov. 8. According to Fox Sports, Boykin’s injury is a fractured bone.
“We’re going to make sure that gets fixed right,” Patterson said per the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “He won’t go through the last three practices of spring, three or four. We’ll get that done so he’s ready to go come August.”
Boykin was able to play with the injury for the rest of the 2014 season and lead the Horned Frogs to a share of the Big 12 title and a Peach Bowl win over Ole Miss. Patterson said the surgery and recovery is a “five-week process,” which will have Boykin ready to return for summer workouts.
“That puts him by the end of May where he can have a great June and July,” Patterson said. “He gets eight weeks, gets a cycle of lifting, gets himself ready to do the things he needs to do.”
Boykin put up huge numbers for the Horned Frogs last season, throwing for a school-record 3,901 yards and 33 touchdowns. He also ran for 707 yards and scored eight more touchdowns on the ground en route to a fourth-place finish in the Heisman voting.
TCU opens spring practice on Saturday.
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