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UK commit Ware recovering after injury scare

Justin Rowland
CatsIllustrated.com Football Recruiting Analyst

Denzel Ware had quite a scare in his second game but it appears everything will be fine and he should be good to go.

The 6-foot-1, 241-pound defensive end returned to Crestview (Fla.) after residing briefly in Opp (Ala.) and the move has seemed to be a good one for Ware. He's got a bit more stability in his life, his commitment to Kentucky seems more solid, and he had three sacks in Crestview's season opener.

Then came the scare.

On Friday the three-star lineman went down with an injury that appeared to be severe. He left the field on a stretcher though he did show that he still had movement.

Cats Illustrated caught up with Ware's coach, Tim Hatten, and he said the news right now is all good.

"He's okay," Hatten said. "No head trauma, no concussion, no cervical, no loss of movement. He's fine. Somebody kinda hit him in the side helmet to helmet. It was just a shot to the side of the head, a blow to the shoulder but really the head more so than the shoulder.

"The way he went down he kinda got whiplash but his head never hit the ground. He's gonna be okay."

As you would expect plenty of precautions were taken and that's one reason reports of a potentially serious injury had everyone concerned.

"He had some weird feelings in his neck and we don't want to take any chances with that. We got him checked out good and he was actually in the locker room after the game," he said.

Hatten did not say whether Ware will play in Crestview's next contest but it seems as though he should be good to go for most of the rest of the year. On Ware's three-sack performance in the season opener Hatten said, "He's playing pretty good for us."

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