What Really Happened To Stuart Scott’s Eye?

Some say it is a bad case of lazy eye. “I don’t know the clinical term for it, but he’s got what is commonly referred to as a “lazy eye.” It’s not as uncommon as it seems. I’ve worked with a few people who have it both worse and not as bad as Stuart Scott. ”

Others say it was penalty flag through the face mask.

They are all wrong. Stuart Scott was asked what happened during an interview.

Q. Back in the spring, you sustained a severe eye injury while filming a story about football minicamps with the Jets. Tell us what happened.

I had gotten in shape and (Jets coach) Herman Edwards gave me permission to go to minicamp with them. I was doing a feature for ESPN on what it’s like to be in minicamp. But I was serious about it.

The day I was there, there were eight wideouts and the wide receiver coach said I was rated number six. I didn’t have any delusions of grandeur. I was hoping I’d be good enough to be a scrub wide receiver or a practice wide receiver in the NFL. I found that out that day. I didn’t disappoint myself and I didn’t embarrass myself.

At end of practice all the wideouts went to the Jugs Machine, it’s a machine that shoots balls out. I had never done that before. I had been catching everything that day in practice from the quarterbacks. I was probably a little close and the thing was fast and the thing was faster than I thought it was.

Q. The ball, coming out of the machine, hit you square in the left eye. How bad was it?

It was serious. I had emergency surgery that night and was out of work for a couple months. It was tough. I had some eye surgery before so I knew how severe it was. It was probably more scary that day, not knowing. The next day came and I knew it would be a long recovery back. I still need some more surgery. The eye is not great now. But I had some time off.

  • Harrison S. Knight

    Stuart, I pray that you will recover soon. You are truly missed. Others have tried to imitate that flavor that you have injected into sports commentating, but there is only “1″ Stuart Scott.

    Blessings,
    Pastor Harrison S. Knight
    Cape Coral  Florida

  • BucFan1964

    Funny I heard this story happened at Buccaneers Training Camp. All the characters were the same but different team. Herm Edwards was a Tampa Bay Asst. Coach under Tony Dungy.

    At least 80% of the story is the same, there must be some truth there. It sounds like a really bad day at the office any way you slice it.

  • Magss04

    Your a fucking ignorant piece of shit> The world needs to get rid of dumbshits like you.

  • Lazy Eyez

    what a stupid fucking laze eye nig

  • Cracka killa

    Hey Michael don’t be jelous cracker. Go to ur construction job and build that nigga’s big ass house. Fuckin fagget

  • Kistels

    His eye was like that long before the 2002 mini-camp. He says he got hit by a jugs machine in one story , and Chad Pennington in another. Sounds like Stuart can’t make up his mind. His eye has always been that way.

  • Shaft 25

    Wow… really? That NIGGER can buy your SORRY ass and SELL it 5000 times over,EASILY. How does that make you feel Michael? Like a human toilet probably. But the feelings off trash like you don’t matter anyway. HAHAHA.

  • Stuartmadison7

    Your a fucking idiot he’s one of the greatest sports anchors ever you piece. Of shit

  • prick

    people can say racist comments online and but will never say them to anyones face ….coward grow some balls …get a life

  • John K. Benfield, III

    I was hit in the left eye with a bullet pass in 1965. Was not as serious as Stuarts but I still remember the pain as if it had happened yesterday. Good luck to Stuart.
    John K. Benfield, III