For an athlete having to sit out due to injury can be as painful as sustaining the injury itself. In 2007 Brenham , Texas , running back Lester Ward knows the feeling.

As a junior Ward rushed for 900 yards and eight touchdowns and as he prepared for his senior season expectations were high. Offers from Missouri , Nebraska , Tulane, UCLA, Vanderbilt , Mississippi St., Iowa, Baylor, and Rice arrived over the course of the spring and summer, and he entered the fall as a three-star, Texas Top 100 prospect having already committed to Baylor.

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