Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low
He came back hoping to have a big senior season, and most of all, a season void of injuries.
But it didn't go as planned for Ole Miss defensive end Greg Hardy, who will undergo surgery Thursday to repair a fractured left wrist and miss the remainder of the season.
"He's had some awfully bad luck," Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt said.
Hardy, viewed as a first-round NFL draft pick when the season began, injured his ankle in the opener and then hurt his wrist last week against Northern Arizona. He'd already undergone surgery on his foot in the offseason and was hobbled all last season by a stress fracture in his foot.
When Hardy was right, he was one of the most feared pass-rushers in the SEC. But rarely during his college career did he go long stretches when he was right.
"Our problem is that we never really had him healthy for a long period of time," Nutt said. "We wish Greg all the best in the future."
Hardy, who was playing primarily on passing downs, was leading the Rebels in sacks this season with five. He finishes his Ole Miss career with 26.5 sacks in 39 career games. In each of his last three seasons, he never played more than 10 games.
Still, with his ability to get to the quarterback, somebody in the NFL is going to take a chance on him in the first two rounds.
He came back hoping to have a big senior season, and most of all, a season void of injuries.
But it didn't go as planned for Ole Miss defensive end Greg Hardy, who will undergo surgery Thursday to repair a fractured left wrist and miss the remainder of the season.
"He's had some awfully bad luck," Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt said.
Hardy, viewed as a first-round NFL draft pick when the season began, injured his ankle in the opener and then hurt his wrist last week against Northern Arizona. He'd already undergone surgery on his foot in the offseason and was hobbled all last season by a stress fracture in his foot.
When Hardy was right, he was one of the most feared pass-rushers in the SEC. But rarely during his college career did he go long stretches when he was right.
"Our problem is that we never really had him healthy for a long period of time," Nutt said. "We wish Greg all the best in the future."
Hardy, who was playing primarily on passing downs, was leading the Rebels in sacks this season with five. He finishes his Ole Miss career with 26.5 sacks in 39 career games. In each of his last three seasons, he never played more than 10 games.
Still, with his ability to get to the quarterback, somebody in the NFL is going to take a chance on him in the first two rounds.
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Low joined ESPN.com in 2007 after 10 years with The (Nashville) Tennessean covering the University of Tennessee and SEC. The Rock Hill, S.C., native lives with his wife in Knoxville and has three sons.
