DE/OLB Quentin Groves Undergoes Heart Surgery
Posted on April 11th, 2008 by Bassett
NFL Network’s Adam Schefter has reported that DE/OLB Quentin Groves underwent surgery to treat Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (a condition that causes abnormal heartbeat) on March 27. Groves sent a letter informing all 32 teams regarding the matter.
Pundits seem to think that this won’t effect his draft stock much, but up until now, he was thought to be a late first rounder / early second. Groves is someone who is on the Jets radar, likely depending how they use their first pick.
His career could be in jeopordy. My father had WPW which leads to Arythmia. His heart beat can accelerate
up to 180 bpm. The procedure to correct this is called an ablation and not very invasive. LeMarcus Aldrigde on the Portland Trail Blazers also has WPW
[...] NFL Network’s Adam Schefter has reported that DE/OLB Quentin Groves underwent surgery to treat Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome on March 27.http://www.thejetsblog.com/?p=3900 [...]
thanks for the info, JRoc, much appreciated.
First, I hope he is alright. He was a player that I hoped we get.
Yep, I wish him the best on and off the field.
whats interesting about this whole thing that schefter made it sound lasnight that would actuallt help his draft status now that he had the procedure…almost like teams knew about it and now r happy it was dealt with. weird…wasnt really the response i was accepting.
Bah! No way this helps his draft status..
[...] I’m not sure Jets would take such a second round risk as Quentin Groves as he recovers from heart surgery. It is looking like the Jets will be hard pressed to screw up the draft any way they go so [...]