Emotions will be running high when the Eastern Michigan football team visits Rutgers on September 14. The Scarlet Knights will retire former player Eric LeGrand's No. 52 at halftime of the game head coach Kyle Flood announced at Atlantic Coast Conference football media day on Tuesday.
Rutgers will retire the jersey number of Eric LeGrand, center, against Eastern Michigan on September 14.
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LeGrand broke two vertebrae in October 2010 while making a tackle on a kickoff return against Army. He's had to use a wheelchair since leaving the hospital, but has made enough progress in his rehabilitation to stand upright with the help of a metal frame.
LeGrand has remained involved with the program since his injury and is going into his third season as an analyst for the team's radio broadcasts. He led the team onto the field October 29, 2011 and received the ESPN Jimmy V Award for perseverance in 2012.