September
20th, 2008 seems so long ago for Lobo fans, for starting
Lobo QB
Donovan Porterie it has been a lifetime. For those of you unaware of
that date
the Lobo football team went to Tulsa Oklahoma and were defeated 56-14,
for
Donovan Porterie the game ended his season as he was taken off the
field in the
1st half with a season ending knee injury….
Porterie gets knocked down, but he will be up again
The
Lobo football team had to find a way to move on without their team
captain on
the field, and for Porterie he had to come to grips with not playing
football,
surgery, and rehabbing his knee…
This
week TheRedMenace.com caught up with DP and find out how his knee
surgery went.
“I had two doctors that performed my surgery,” says Porterie. “They
worked well
together and both have said the surgery went real good. They had to
reinforce my
MCL, but it should not delay the healing process. They said my leg was
in real
good shape, and my rehab should not be all that bad.”
With
the surgery complete Porterie told TRM that he should be back for
spring ball
in some capacity. “My doctors want me to at least participate in drills
at
spring ball,” said an upbeat Porterie. “So I should be back for spring
ball,
they don’t know about me scrimmaging then, but I should be 100% by
June.”
Two
weeks ago TheRedMenace.com shared some time with Porterie during The
Mtn.’s
Friday Night Prep Rally. We came away thoroughly impressed with
Donovan’s
ability to keep a smile on his face and an upbeat attitude knowing that
he was
dying to be with his teammates in the Lobos’ hotel preparing for the
game vs.
Wyoming. Tonight wasn’t any different. I asked how he was feeling and
the
smiling Porterie said, “I’m really good now that I got the surgery, in
about a
week or so I can start my rehab,” says Porterie. I’m going to
concentrate on just
working my way back and getting better then I was.”
Like
I said the guys’ spirit is unbelievable, still he Porterie told me how
much he
missed playing… “I have been with some
of these guys for 3-4 years,” said Porterie. “To have them taken from
me has
been hard. It is hard to be on the sideline cause I am competitor, and
it is my
team and I can’t be out their with them. I try to keep them up lifted.”
Don’t
for a second think Porterie is sitting around mopping and feeling sorry
for
himself though, as he has tried to take a role in helping new
quarterbacks Brad Gruner and Tate Smith. “I try to give them as much help as I can, from
what I
see in film, and what
I have done against the teams we are playing. I tell them to just go
out there
and make plays.” Porterie also has some words of advice for both young
quarterbacks. Some valuable advice if I say so myself, “Try to take the
leadership role.”
Time
and rehab are going to be the key for #15 to get back on the field, and
Porterie told me he plans on attacking both like he does opposing
defenses on
the backfield…
“Watch
the clock I will be back.”
all photos were shot by AP Photo