He was hospitalized recently because of the mono.  Sucks for him on about 12 different levels.

Best wishes to the young man.  An illness like that can really send anyone for a loop, no matter their physical fitness.  Hopefully he will use the time to support his team, learn Michigan's offense, recover physically and mentally, and enjoy his senior year in high school.  I really do wish he could graduate early, seeing as Michigan really does not have a clearly defined starter for next year.

~Herm

is striking in high school too?

panic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shane drops his 5th star, arrives to Michigan extra hungry for football and in need of a little extra weight training. That's about the wrost of it.

Get well, Shane!

during the end of the summer camp season.

He'd better rest up. If you push it too hard while recovering from mono, you can get chronic fatigue syndrome-like symptoms for quite some time.

If true, I feel bad that he has to miss his senior season.  But at this point he probably just needs to rest in order to kick it and concentrate on finishing high school.  On the bright side, he won't have to worry about some devestating injury.  And missing two more months of running for his life shouldn't hurt his development too much

Don't some cases of mono include inflamed internal organs? I seem to remember some friends in high school having to temporary quit all sports so that various things wouldn't rupture and explode and stuff after they got mono. Sitting out for football season might not be such a bad idea.

But but but but but but but butt butt butt 

He'll be fine, Can't wait until you get to A2 young Mr. Morris. 

Poor kid. All the hard work he did in the off season, and  now he can't play his senior season of HS football. Darn shame. I hope he recovers soon enough to play a couple games and maybe compete in an all star game.

If he had to contract Mono, it should have been in January, after his HS football career was over.

Mono has done this before. In '01-'02 MIke Cammalleri was having a Hobey-candidate type season (Minnesota D Jordan Leopold wound up winning it that year) when he contracted Mono right after World Juniors. He played in a rather discouraging home split against Bowling Green and then sat for two months; Michigan hockey fans, nervously eying the already tenuous pairwise position of the team, worried that the NCAA tournament streak was over.

The team didn't lose a CCHA game again. Cammo was fine--he came back for the playoffs and beat LSSU in the first round pretty much single-handedly (Michigan did lose the first game), then scored both goals in the semi-final OT win over Ohio State.

Tough break for Shane, but he'll be able to get back on his feet soon and start getting ready for Michigan.

Really tough break for him, but looking on the bright side, at least he won't get injured which was a real possibility with that OL of his. Can Al start going over the play book with him (after he signs his LOI I'm assuming).

Better that this happens now rather than next year, in the unlikely event that he's called on to be the starting qb in week 1. That truly would have been a disaster.

Verska was my coach in high school for a year (back when he coached for AA Huron), and he's not one to let you sit out a game if he has a choice about it.  He's definitely one of those coaches that is more in the mold of Jon Voight in Varsity Blues (of course toned done a lot by actually being likeable outside of practice/games and without the statue and championships).  So in essence, if Paul Verska isn't expecting someone back for the rest of the year, well then you can bet he ain't playing the rest of the way.

You’re a Huron guy?  Sweet – so am I – class of 1991.  I was no athlete though –  suffice it to say that two of me wouldn’t equal a walk-on safety.  But I did take Physical Fitness my senior year second semester for my gym requirement, and Coach Verska taught the class.  It was basically a way for him to do spring training with the football team, as I was the only non football player in the class.  He and the rest of the team were all really cool and I had a moment of glory during a scrimmage where I caught a deflected hot read over the middle and broke my glasses for my troubles.

(I humbly await the board's 'cool story bros')

Also - were you part of the Huron team that made it to the state finals in 98 or 99 or whenever it was?  If so I took my little brother (or not so little; he was the crew team capt. :P ) to watch you guys at the Silverdome!

I knew a kid that died on the football field not knowing he had mono. One decent hit, 2 minutes later he was completely blue in the face. Hope it's taken serious and he doesn't return or return to soon.

if he doesnt play for the rest of the year why not transfer schools so he can EE?

Having mono completely sucks the life out of you.  My buddy had it, and almost died of liver failure or something like that.  So, yeah, Shane needs to take all the time he can to recouperate.

And honestly, he isn't going to show something to us this year we didn't already know, especially with the team around him.  I wish Borges could just give him the playbook now.

Sometimes benign and you don't know you have it. Sometimes really severe requiring hospitalization and prolonged treatment over weeks and months.

Realistically, even if he were only out a few weeks there will be a significant loss of conditioning and it would take at least a couple more weeks to get into shape after that.  So you'd be looking at maybe 6 weeks before he comes back and the season will be over then.

Long term, there should be no issues and I'm sure Shane will be back in the travel circuit again working on his game. It is a real shame for him as I'm sure he wants to play and I hope he feels better soon.

That's really tough on Shane, I am sure, and not just the mono but the fact that he's a competitor and I am sure this is a disappointment. Still, far better to take it easy and get tons of rest than risk something worse in a game situation. Get well soon, Shane!

Mono definitely could take him out for the season. If its serious it could legitimately not be safe for him to play for 1-2 months depending on if his spleen stays enlarged for that time. Even when it is technically safe for him to play because his spleen is back to normal, he will be drained and extremely tired. I hope for his safety that he doesn't go back and play before he's healthy though, because an enlarged spleen is life threatening.

Most Athletes who contract mono should refrain from contact sports for 1 to 2 months to reduce the risk of splenetic rupture. Shane will probably start non-contact drills in a few weeks. Basically the high school football season is over at the end of 6 weeks. I wish he could finish high school early and enroll at Michigan in January. If not, he will have the spring and summer to get back into playing shape.