CULLOWHEE, N.C. — Taylor Crumedy had stored up half a year of emotions, and he unloaded all of them on Western Carolina.
Making his first start (and appearing in just his second game) since being sidelined by a foot injury in spring practice, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga receiver caught three passes for 79 yards Saturday. Each catch kept alive a drive that ended in points in UTC’s 41-18 win against the Catamounts at Whitmire Stadium.
“Man, it felt great. I ain’t going to lie,” Crumedy said. “Just knowing what I’m capable of doing, going out there and putting it on tape, it feels good to be able to do that.”
Crumedy, a 5-foot-10, 167-pound junior from Cortelyou, Alabama, got hurt in the middle of spring practice. He said he tore a ligament in the top of his foot, which is known as a Lisfranc injury.
What followed was months of rehab, including physical therapy, and he said the hardest part was the mental side.