Darren Evans - Virginia Tech

Its always a sad day when a good player goes down, especially with a season-ender before the season begins. Darren Evans tore his ACL in fall practice and will miss the entire 2009 season. Evans had 1200+ rushing yards last season (albeit only 4 100+ games) including a big performance for Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl victory. Evans made my first team All-ACC team as a sophomore and was very important to an average Hokie offense, whose talented, but underperforming quarterback Tyrod Taylor only mustered a 2-7 ratio last season.

The worst part of the injury is, that at least on the surface, it seems to be the fault of the training staff at Virginia Tech. He apparently sprained his knee in a practice friday and tore the ACL just days later being back on the field. Fall practice is important, but protecting star players is even more important.

Josh Oglesby and Ryan Williams were next on the depth chart and are expected to split time in the wake of the injury. Williams probably has a higher ceiling with Oglesby being more experienced. Expect Williams to take the role for himself by season's end.

Source - http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4392725

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