Found August 26, 2008 on Bay Area Sports Beat: Yardbarker Blogger Network
It's been over nine months since Cal tailback Jahvid Best suffered what he thought was just a minor hip injury while blocking as a freshman on a kickoff return against USC. Best said he was "kind of bummed for a second" but figured he'd miss just a few days of practice then get back to work. Well, a few days stretched into a few weeks – he missed Cal's final three games – and then a few months. For a time, Best even saw his football career flash before his eyes. "I took some MRIs and it was worse than I thought it was," Best said Tuesday. "It was kind of shocking. "The first thing I thought was, 'There goes my season.' And then they started talking about other things and I was like, 'Am I going to still be able to play next year?' It was kind of a sad moment of my life." What's a young football player to do with his career in jeopardy? Well, Best said he "prayed a lot and put it in God's hands...
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