The title is how we agreed Reed Williams’ name would appear in an injury report. 

He does have problems with a big toe, a foot and both shoulders, but that’s too many items for one set of parenthesis (parenthesi?). Perhaps “miscellaneous” would have worked, but while it’s indicative of the number of issues Williams is working through, it overlooks the nature of the trouble, which is most troubling.

College football has had an accumulative effect on a great college football player.

“It’s going to wear on your body,” he said. “I’m 22 years old, but I’m not as young as I used to be. My body’s not in as great a shape as it used to be. It’s been banged up, but with that I’ve built a tolerance for pain and an ability to play through pain.”