NC State's Grayson McCall gives up football, says he can't come back from latest head injury

North Carolina State backmost Grayson McCall has announced his status from shot little than 3 weeks aft a vicious deed knocked him retired of a crippled for nan 2nd clip this season

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina State backmost Grayson McCall announced his status from shot connected Wednesday night, little than 3 weeks aft a vicious deed knocked him retired of a crippled for nan 2nd clip this season.

McCall was a sixth-year subordinate who was a postgraduate transportation pursuing a record-setting 5 years astatine Coastal Carolina, wherever he threw for much than 10,000 yards but besides had concussion issues.

McCall was knocked retired of nan Sept. 14 crippled against Louisiana Tech and, successful his first crippled back, near nan section connected a cart and was taken to a infirmary for information aft a helmet-jarring deed successful nan first 4th against Wake Forest connected Oct. 5.

“As you each cognize I person battled injuries my full career, but this is 1 that I cannot travel backmost from,” McCall wrote successful an Instagram post. “I person done everything I tin to continue, but this is wherever nan bully Lord has called maine to service successful a different space. Brain specialists, my family, and I person travel to nan conclusion that it is successful my champion liking to bent nan cleats up.”

McCall grew up successful Indian Trail and was a three-star imaginable coming retired of Porter Ridge High School. He threw for 10,005 yards successful 42 games astatine Coastal Carolina pinch 88 touchdown passes and 14 interceptions.

He was Sun Belt Conference subordinate of nan twelvemonth successful 2020, ‘21 and ’22 and threw a touchdown walk successful 23 consecutive games complete 2 seasons.

“From Porter Ridge to Conway and this past twelvemonth successful Raleigh, this travel has been amended than immoderate dream I could’ve ever envisioned,” McCall wrote. “This crippled has taken maine places I ne'er thought I would go, and has shaped my family and I successful ways I ne'er imagined. I person made truthful galore memories that will enactment pinch maine forever, and I americium truthful grateful for that.”

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