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Boise-area OL Wood commits to Montana State

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Connor Wood still remembers the massive man his teammate drove into his leg, the twist and the snap that followed, an audible sound that put his football career in jeopardy at least for a moment.

Wood, a native of Meridian, Idaho, and his Rocky Mountain High teammate Zach Redd attended Boise State’s football camp in the summer leading up to the 2015 season. On a passing play, Redd, one of the Gem State’s best centers, drove a man Wood estimated to be 6-foot-5 and over 350 pounds into Wood’s lower leg. Wood’s foot twisted and bent into oblivion.

“My whole leg went numb and I couldn’t feel anything,” Wood said. “My whole leg was dangling like Jello. It was crazy and horrible. It was not pretty.”

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About Colter Nuanez

Colter Nuanez is the co-founder and senior writer for Skyline Sports. After spending six years in the newspaper industry with stops at the Missoulian, the Ellensburg Daily Record and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the former Washington Newspaper Association Sportswriter of the Year and University of Montana Journalism School graduate ('09) has cultivated a deep passion for sports journalism during his 13-year career covering the Big Sky Conference. In August of 2014, Colter and brother Brooks merged their passions of writing and art to found Skyline Sports.

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