Perris Jones
Virginia running back Perris Jones is cheered and greeted by health care workers from Frazier Rehab Institute and U of L Medical Center as he leaves rehab nearly three weeks after undergoing spinal surgery from a frightening injury in a football game against Louisville on Nov. 9.
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Virginia graduate running back Perris Jones was sweeping right after catching a pass in the backfield late in the third quarter against Louisville on Nov. 9, and ran straight into a collision. Instantly, he said, he went numb. He couldn’t feel himself hit the field.
Jones had to get spinal surgery after a harrowing hit and recovered for weeks in Louisville.
