SFA coach rips tackle that ‘probably ended’ TE’s career: ‘Disgusting. Pathetic’

Colby Carthel has been coaching college football in some capacity since 2000, but a play he saw early in Stephen F. Austin’s 31-10 win against Prairie View A&M on Saturday, Sept. 19, is unlike almost anything he’s witnessed in that lengthy career.

With Carthel’s team inside the Prairie View red zone and holding a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter, redshirt sophomore tight end Gerard Edimo caught a 2-yard pass for the Lumberjacks before being brought down by defensive back Eric Zachery.

After Zachery completed the tackle, though, he continued holding on to Edimo’s left leg, twisting it at an awkward angle (warning: explicit content). Edimo remained on the ground and was immediately tended to by team trainers before being helped off the field.

During a news conference on Monday, Sept. 21, two days after the victory, Carthel described it as “the second-dirtiest, most unsportsmanlike play I’ve seen in my career.”

“Absolutely no business in this game for a play like that,” Carthel said. “Disgusting. It’s pathetic.”

Carthel added that Edimo’s leg was “near yanked off the bone” and that the injury “probably ended his career.”

“He’s got two years left and he’ll probably never play another snap of…

Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/sports/