Keyontae Johnson of Florida

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Per reports, citing his grandfather, they're saying that he's currently in a medically induced coma, after collapsing on the court on Saturday.

I'm not a medical expert and don't know what that means, but I hope he does pull through. This is a very sad situation. The similarity to Hank Gathers is so eerie cause Gathers also collapsed after going up for a dunk. I just hope there's a different ending.

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

Per reports, citing his grandfather, they're saying that he's currently in a medically induced coma, after collapsing on the court on Saturday.

I'm not a medical expert and don't know what that means, but I hope he does pull through. This is a very sad situation. The similarity to Hank Gathers is so eerie cause Gathers also collapsed after going up for a dunk. I just hope there's a different ending.

Hoping and praying he recovers.

 

[wbrpanther]

Per reports, citing his grandfather, they're saying that he's currently in a medically induced coma, after collapsing on the court on Saturday.

I'm not a medical expert and don't know what that means, but I hope he does pull through. This is a very sad situation. The similarity to Hank Gathers is so eerie cause Gathers also collapsed after going up for a dunk. I just hope there's a different ending.

Terrible situation. Has any info been released as to why this happened? Prayers to Keyiontae!

 

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Terrible situation. Has any info been released as to why this happened? Prayers to Keyiontae!

I haven't seen anything as yet. There are reports that he did test positive for covid a few months back, and the speculation then runs from there.

 

[BballinsiderfromPitt]

I haven't seen anything as yet. There are reports that he did test positive for covid a few months back, and the speculation then runs from there.

Red passed multiple tests after he tested positive regarding his condition. It’s unfortunate they’re even mentioning that he tested positive because it is giving ppl like deadspin and that woman who tried to cancel football and basketball fire. They’ll write articles, find out it ain’t related and never be called out for being wrong. Reeks of Hank Gathers unfortunately

 

[wbrpanther]

I haven't seen anything as yet. There are reports that he did test positive for covid a few months back, and the speculation then runs from there.

One of the things we are starting to see with covid is complications arise down the road and to be seen are what complications set in far down the road. Like 10 years down the road. And we still see meat heads who insist on politicizing it as a big hoax. None of this is to assume that this particular tragedy has anything to do with Covid though.

 

[wbrpanther]

Red passed multiple tests after he tested positive regarding his condition. It’s unfortunate they’re even mentioning that he tested positive because it is giving ppl like deadspin and that woman who tried to cancel football and basketball fire. They’ll write articles, find out it ain’t related and never be called out for being wrong. Reeks of Hank Gathers unfortunately

Read my reply. It is foolish to assume this had anything to do with covid but there are unknown down the line complications in some people.

 

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Red passed multiple tests after he tested positive regarding his condition. It’s unfortunate they’re even mentioning that he tested positive because it is giving ppl like deadspin and that woman who tried to cancel football and basketball fire. They’ll write articles, find out it ain’t related and never be called out for being wrong. Reeks of Hank Gathers unfortunately

The concern did exist prior to the season of possible covid related heart conditions.

 

[JD1976]

I know the Big Ten requires cardiac testing for all athletes that test positive. Not sure about the SEC or UF specifically but you would hope that if he tested positive he would have gone through similar testing.

 

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I know the Big Ten requires cardiac testing for all athletes that test positive. Not sure about the SEC or UF specifically but you would hope that if he tested positive he would have gone through similar testing.

My thoughts also. The Big Ten was at the forefront of this concern, prior to the season.

 

[BballinsiderfromPitt]

The concern did exist prior to the season of possible covid related heart conditions.

Yeah that article the big ten used to delay the season was pretty much debunked. Bottom line, no one has any idea why this happened yet. But covid fear porn is so hot right now

 

[Vader_Storm]

Per reports, citing his grandfather, they're saying that he's currently in a medically induced coma, after collapsing on the court on Saturday.

I'm not a medical expert and don't know what that means, but I hope he does pull through. This is a very sad situation. The similarity to Hank Gathers is so eerie cause Gathers also collapsed after going up for a dunk. I just hope there's a different ending.

Capel said earlier today that Toney is "close" friends with him and that really bothered Toney going into last game. Capel didnt find out until after the game on why Toney was really down and not himself. Sometimes we dont realize what is "really" going on and happening in others peoples lives.

 

[DC_Area_Panther]

If it was like Gaithers and a couple of others then he may have had this hard to detect congenital heart defect. My wife’s cousin collapsed and died playing Division III college hoops of this same thing. It is called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

That's just horrible. I am old enough to remember Hank Gathers. That is frightening.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

The concern did exist prior to the season of possible covid related heart conditions.

The coagulopathy concerns are very real

 

[HailToPitt1985]

If it was like Gaithers and a couple of others then he may have had this hard to detect congenital heart defect. My wife’s cousin collapsed and died playing Division III college hoops of this same thing. It is called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

The girl in the Cleveland Marathon a couple of years ago died of the same thing. She was a young girl, 21, and she was a soccer player and in very good shape. She was a quarter mile from the finish line and she collapsed and died. They were doing chest compressions on the street for a long time and nothing worked. They couldn't get her heart started. They discovered in an autopsy that she had Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. It is very difficult to detect in young people and that is the reason you hear about this type of thing.

 

[caleco's]

I know the Big Ten requires cardiac testing for all athletes that test positive. Not sure about the SEC or UF specifically but you would hope that if he tested positive he would have gone through similar testing.

this is what i don't undertand. how does an athletic dept not screen EVERY kid. i had the work up myself and it was 1200 bucks. we see kids get ruled out for this every season. it happened with pitt fb 3 seasons ago. this is highly preventable

 

[BballinsiderfromPitt]

this is what i don't undertand. how does an athletic dept not screen EVERY kid. i had the work up myself and it was 1200 bucks. we see kids get ruled out for this every season. it happened with pitt fb 3 seasons ago. this is highly preventable

Journey Brown at PSU this year. Very easy to prevent.

 

[HailToPitt1985]

Journey Brown at PSU this year. Very easy to prevent.

He had cardiomyopathy. There are different kinds of cardiomyopathy. Hypotrophic is inherited and is a thickening of the heart muscle that can't be prevented. Cardiomyopathy can also mean blocked arteries, a-fib, a lot of different conditions. And it isn't easy to prevent because it is inherited and there is no prevention, unless we someday can do some gene therapy before birth to prevent it. If you can detect it, which is very difficult, you can prevent someone from playing sports so they don't die from it. But it isn't preventable.

 

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He had cardiomyopathy. There are different kinds of cardiomyopathy. Hypotrophic is inherited and is a thickening of the heart muscle that can't be prevented. Cardiomyopathy can also mean blocked arteries, a-fib, a lot of different conditions. And it isn't easy to prevent because it is inherited and there is no prevention, unless we someday can do some gene therapy before birth to prevent it. If you can detect it, which is very difficult, you can prevent someone from playing sports so they don't die from it. But it isn't preventable.

I think they meant preventing a tragedy from occurring on the court or field, by allowing an athlete to play high level sports if this condition is detected.

 

[BballinsiderfromPitt]

He had cardiomyopathy. There are different kinds of cardiomyopathy. Hypotrophic is inherited and is a thickening of the heart muscle that can't be prevented. Cardiomyopathy can also mean blocked arteries, a-fib, a lot of different conditions. And it isn't easy to prevent because it is inherited and there is no prevention, unless we someday can do some gene therapy before birth to prevent it. If you can detect it, which is very difficult, you can prevent someone from playing sports so they don't die from it. But it isn't preventable.

Gotcha! I ain’t a doctor

 

[HailToPitt1985]

I think they meant preventing a tragedy from occurring on the court or field, by allowing an athlete to play high level sports if this condition is detected.

I'm sure that's what they meant. It's just very hard to detect, especially in young people. And that's where it seems to show up, unfortunately.

 

[pittchagg]

I'm sure that's what they meant. It's just very hard to detect, especially in young people. And that's where it seems to show up, unfortunately.

There were two other guys in Brown’s recruiting class who had to retire early because of heart conditions. For whatever reason, Brown’s condition slipped through the cracks on the initial screen, and the more rigorous procedures that the big ten put into place caught it.

 

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Great news.

 

[Panther_in_Kentucky]

Hoping and praying he recovers.

Ditto

 

[TD_6082]

The girl in the Cleveland Marathon a couple of years ago died of the same thing. She was a young girl, 21, and she was a soccer player and in very good shape. She was a quarter mile from the finish line and she collapsed and died. They were doing chest compressions on the street for a long time and nothing worked. They couldn't get her heart started. They discovered in an autopsy that she had Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. It is very difficult to detect in young people and that is the reason you hear about this type of thing.

Vandy had a player with this condition collapse during practice several years ago. Thankfully, he was revived with a defibrillator.

According to this article, 1 out of every 500 have HCM but never know it. Scary stuff to think about.

Vanderbilt and Player Each Find New Life (Published 2007)

Roughly 125 young athletes each year in the United States die from sudden cardiac arrest while playing basketball. Davis Nwankwo was one of the lucky ones.

www.nytimes.com

 

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😀 great to see him up, moving, and talking.

 

[Atch]

Capel said earlier today that Toney is "close" friends with him and that really bothered Toney going into last game. Capel didnt find out until after the game on why Toney was really down and not himself. Sometimes we dont realize what is "really" going on and happening in others peoples lives.

I heard it said on a sports show that they are cousins. is this true?

 

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[Jeffburgh]

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That's amazing.