In early April, Texas Longhorns head coach Tom Herman revealed why freshman linebacker De’Gabriel Floyd was suffering from stingers that kept him in a non-contact jersey during practices — Floyd suffers from spinal stenosis, a congenital narrowing of the spinal canal that often produces transient spinal cord injuries like stingers.
Floyd is expected to miss the 2019 season as the medical staff continues to monitor him during his rehabilitation.
“We’re going to continue to evaluate him,” Herman said. “Probably not going to be cleared for this season, but we’re going to re-evaluate him in January and hope nine months of rehab, exercise, no hitting — I mean, the kid has been hitting that same [way] since he was eight years old playing football.