A little more detail on Mo Hurst
According to an April 2013 article from NFL.com, Star's left ventricle was working at 44%, while normal range is 50-75%. Star's agent had said they believe it was a one-time thing caused by a virus since a subsequent MRI showed positive progress from his initial diagnosis.
I had a similar condition develop at the end of 2015 (although I also had a few more things going on in conjunction with the below par function), for those that remember me posting about being in the hospital around that time. It took me roughly 10-11 months to get back to normal function, so you can recover completely if it is something like this.
Whatever the details, nothing but the best to Mo and hopefully he can indeed wade through this somehow and play.
Wasn't Fairley's criticism that he was always out of shape? It's far outside of my realm of medical knowledge but I could see heart problems hindering conditioning-levels quite easily.
Here's hoping for the best.
I wonder how all of this was missed at Michigan. We do have a top medical staff.
He's played every game. Was he ever at risk?
I wondered the same thing. Maybe the testing is more extensive. Who knows?. Really hope it is something that is not to bad. Such a great well spoken kid. One of my all time favorites. I think he is going to be just fine, but I sure wish we could get something definitive. I understand privacy issues, just want to hear he will be okay.
and I will defer to one if they post here, but decreased LV ejection fraction is diagnosed by echocardiography, which is not a test normally performed on young, healthy, asymptomatic individuals.
echocardiograms are done in some college's screening programs but not often in high schools due to costs. Not sure about U-M. Can prevent sudden death that sometimes occurs in young athletes.
Check out Larry Prout's twitter message to Mo.
I hope it was not bad news. Odds are it is something minor and can be treated so he can play a the next level.
He deleted the post but Tony Pauline who has connections with the NFL. The gist is words that Michigan knew about the enlarged heart and said it was a non-issue.
That's not a good look for Michigan if it's true.
Larry and Mo two great Michigan Men. Prayers to both