Bob Stoops said Thursday that defensive end Geneo Grissom, who has missed most of the spring with a stress fracture in his foot and remains in a boot, should be healthy in time to participate in summer workouts.
Ironically, Grissom missed his true freshman season with a stress fracture, but on the other foot.
"He must have a little bit of a genetic defect there," Stoops said. "We knew he had one in the winter and we were hoping just to get through spring and then fix it and it just popped on him doing some of the drills he did."
It remains to be seen whether Grissom will be able to play himself into the top-four of the rotation. Chuka Ndulue and junior-college transfer Chaz Nelson are also vying for playing time behind projected starters R.J. Washington and David King.
"This was a time that you would think Geneo would jump forward and make a big jump. I thought he would,” said ends coach Bobby Jack Wright. “He had a really good winter and we thought he was on the verge of coming out this spring and really showing he was going to compete for a lot of playing time and I think he still will in the fall."
