Austin Hutcherson out for season

[BlueLeader]

Hutch out (for season)

 

[pruman91]

BU just said on the radio pregame interview that Hutcherson is out for the season with a sports hernia and will have surgery soon.......

 

[Joel Goodson]

ugh

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

Jeezus, I feel horrible for Hutch. The poor guy has absurd luck. No player should have to go through this many issues.

 

[skyIdub]

Dammit man.... please get well and come back Hutch!!!! We will need you next year!!

 

[LouHenson]

Hard to really imagine he ever plays for
Illinois. 3 years not playing is simply not good

 

[illiniguy24]

Sad. Let’s win for him today

 

[illini80]

Good lord. That poor guy can’t catch a break going back to his original accident. Surgery sounds like this has been a problem. Wish him the best. Almost Dudek like in that he can’t stay healthy no matter how hard he works.

 

[Manual3for4peat]

Terrible news for the kid.

 

[Ghost77]

Feel terrible for Hutch

 

[nichi]

Good lord. That poor guy can’t catch a break going back to his original accident. Surgery sounds like this has been a problem. Wish him the best. Almost Dudek like in that he can’t stay healthy no matter how hard he works.

Seems to have Epstein-Dudek Syndrome.

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

Dammit man.... please get well and come back Hutch!!!! We will need you next year!!

Don't think he can. Career is over, I believe. Already had a medical.

 

[BashCtIllini]

Hard to really imagine he ever plays for
Illinois. 3 years not playing is simply not good

Hard to imagine he ever plays for anyone

 

[Edh]

Jeezus, I feel horrible for Hutch. The poor guy has absurd luck. No player should have to go through this many issues.

His health was great ....... the sit-out transfer year. Just awful.

 

[King Snake]

Wow hutch got to play one game with the illini. That’s tough.

 

[Manual3for4peat]

Wow hutch got to play one game with the illini. That’s tough.

When I saw him in KC he was so excited to be able to play. This really sucks

 

[DICKnaggie]

Wow hutch got to play one game with the illini. That’s tough.

Are there no exceptions to the redshirt rule. Feel so bad for the guy.

 

[skyIdub]

I'm pretty sure he still has eligibility left. Not sure if he can use another medical redshirt, but he can apply for some sort of waiver I believe.

 

[2qtslow]

If he was eligible this year he should be eligible next year. But was his scholarship committed elsewhere?

 

[DB11Headband]

^ Live look at the Hutch train.

But really I am absolutely gutted for the kid. The staff had such high hopes for him and knowing that he won’t reach his potential is a tough pill to swallow.

 

[QCIlliniFan73]

Didn’t Tracey Abrams receive a second medical redshirt year when he was with the Illini?

 

[ILLjuice]

Didn’t Tracey Abrams receive a second medical redshirt year when he was with the Illini?

Sure seems like he tore his ACL 6 times and was here 10 years. Had to have gotten something.

 

[nichi]

I'm pretty sure he still has eligibility left. Not sure if he can use another medical redshirt, but he can apply for some sort of waiver I believe.

I think he sat out one season due to the old transfer rule. Iirc, he had yet to use a medical waiver. Plus, he could still use the free covid year. That would give him two more seasons.

 

[hoopsfan47]

Sad news....but I hope that Austin knows that every Illini fan is in his corner, not to mention those many teammates, coaches and fans he has touched in his life. As much as anyone, I fully understand having dreams that seemed fully in reach thwarted by fate beyond one's control. Without a doubt, we all hope also that he can return and enjoy a full season of competition with his teammates and coaches to whom he has given so much for so little. I feel AH will someday come to realize the truth behind the old saying that " what does not kill you, only makes you stronger". Meantime, he has thousands of well wishers wishing him only the best and that he goes on to a fulfilling life regardless of his past and current travails.

 

[EyeoftheIllini]

Tough break for the kid. Wish him the best, and hopefully he can find some good luck down the line.