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Article: Injuries couldn't hobble O'Berry's season.(Sports)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2004
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Byline: REMEMBERING THE ROSES By Ron Bellamy The Register-Guard
Four games into the 1994 Oregon football season, senior cornerback Herman O'Berry hurt his left knee, the latest of a string of injuries that had plagued his career, having been preceded by a broken ankle his junior year and torn meniscus in his right knee the following spring.
Vividly, O'Berry remembers his conversation with coach Rich Brooks.
"There was a decision to be made, and there were two choices," O'Berry recalled. "I could miss the rest of the season and get my knees taken care of and not do any more damage and be ready for the NFL Combine. Or I could sit out a couple of ...