Ex-Florida State QBs react to Jordan Travis' brutal injury: 'Go win it for him'
Ex-Florida State QBs react to Jordan Travis' brutal injury: 'Go win it for him'
Colleagues and fans remained in dazed quietness as clinical work force took care of harmed Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis Saturday night at Doak Campbell Arena.
The response was shared by previous Seminole quarterbacks who were watching the broadcast FSU-North Alabama game.
"I feel so terrible for Jordan - it truly smells," Peter Tom Willis (1985-89) said from his Tampa home.
"He's had a particularly incredible profession and had such an effect. Presently, ideally one of these other (quarterbacks) who get the amazing chance (to play) show what they can do. That is the reason they came here. We unquestionably have the ability. In any case, I feel so awful for (Travis)."
Travis, in his 6th season with the Seminoles and third as a starter, was harmed toward the finish of his most memorable convey in the principal quarter.
His left leg bowed at an abnormal point under him as he arrived on the turf close to midfield. Travis was hauled away the field with an air cast to his left side leg to a holding up rescue vehicle, beating his chest as he looked toward the sold-out swarm.
He had finished 2 of 4 passes for 21 yards with one scramble for 16 yards. Redshirt junior Tate Rodemaker, who has spent the beyond two seasons as Travis' reinforcement, supplanted Travis in the game.
FSU, which followed 13-0 when Travis was harmed, pulled together and effectively beat the guests 58-13 in its home finale.
Seminoles mentor Mike Norvell portrayed the scene encompassing Travis' physical issue as "close to home."
"It's hard any time you see any player go down, yet clearly Jordan is so critical to this group," Norvell said. "As the quarterback, however exactly what his identity is and a big motivator for he. At the point when you see a player get injured and not exactly understanding what that will be, yet clearly it was something that it was close to home.
"Also, nd it was personal for everyone."
Travis has arisen as one of the top quarterbacks in the country. He had driven FSU to 16 continuous triumphs entering the game and a No. 4 positioning this season, tossing for 2,734 yards with 20 scores to two capture attempts.
"You need to continue on - that is the very thing that Jordan would do," Brad Johnson, who won a Super Bowl with the Marauders following his FSU vocation (1987-91), said from School Station, Texas, where child Max is the beginning quarterback at Texas A&M.
"You need to go win it for him. The group is in every case first. Be that as it may, what he has done returning to school, the effect on individuals, on FSU, it has been great to watch. He has been the group's pulse. You want to believe that he's not a problem. You need to arrange and I'm certain they will."
Jameis Winston 'grateful to be rocking' Jordan Travis jersey
FSU additionally resigned Jameis Winston's shirt Saturday as the Seminoles respected the tenth commemoration of the 2013 public heroes. Winston, uninvolved during the game, wore Travis' No. 13 shirt as he was consulted for TV after Travis' physical issue."I'm thankful to shake his shirt," Winston said. "So I know that to him and his family I just want to petition God for his family and their well - - he will be fine. I realize he will."
FSU (11-0), which has secured a spot in the ACC Title game against No. 10 Louisville in about fourteen days, shuts its ordinary season at Florida (5-6) next Saturday. The Gators likewise lost their beginning quarterback, Graham Mertz, to a shoulder injury in their 33-31 misfortune at Missouri Saturday night.
The Seminoles should keep on winning as they pursue a School Football season finisher compartment without precedent for 10 years.
What's more, it positively seems FSU should pursue those objectives without Travis.
"For me , it's dependably about the following person up," Casey Weldon (1987-91) said from his Madeira Ocean side home.
"It smells. Be that as it may, they need to remain together, continue battling, continue onward. At the point when I was there (at FSU) with the gathering we had, you center around the group, unite behind one another and we should go.
