Nobody knows this better than West Virginia University’s fifth-year senior linebacker Jared Barber, who is playing a fifth season of college football because of what happened to him in a game against Texas at Milan Puskar Stadium on Saturday, November 9, 2013.
Barber, the team’s top tackler that season, was having a great game against the Longhorns right up until the final play when he tore his ACL on the Longhorns’ game-winning score in overtime. Barber’s knee injury, and what happened afterward took him down a path of uncertainty, disappointment and great concern – concern about not just his football career, but more importantly, if he was going to continue to have use of his leg.