The Gosnell family has dealt with their fair share of injuries in recent years first with TE Benji Gosnell, who missed his senior season of high school and the 2022 season due to injury. 2023 was going much better for the Gosnell family though with WR Stephen Gosnell having the best season of his collegiate career while Benji Gosnell had his first fully healthy season in years.
However, things changed at the very end of the season with Stephen Gosnell suffering a knee injury during the first half of the Military Bowl, ending his season a few quarters early. While it's been a long road since then, the first two weeks after that injury proved to be the toughest for Stephen Gosnell.
“I would say the hardest part is the first two weeks. You come to a phase where you have to do crutches and you’re relying on other people. They’re having to bring you your food, take you to your car, drive you around. So that is the hardest part because you have to be so reliant on other people," Gosnell said.
After Gosnell got through those first couple weeks and was able to start making progress in his recovery, what had been frustrating started to become fun, as crazy as that may seem.
"Once you get to start moving around, taking step by step is actually really fun because you get new wins every single day," Gosnell said.
Gosnell wasn't ready to make his return to practice for spring football, but he also thinks that his different perspective this spring is helping him in his preparation for the 2024 season.
