Antonio Bass
Encyclopedia
Antonio Marcel Bass is a former American football
wide receiver
who played for the Michigan Wolverines
.
, in Jackson, Michigan
, where he had 276 carries for 2,177 yards and 30 rushing touchdowns during his career. He also completed 55 of 161 passes for 999 yards and 14 passing touchdowns. Bass set the school record for passing touchdowns in a season in 2003 with 10 and also holds the school record for most career touchdowns with 45. He was named to the All-State first team and was also named an All-American by SuperPrep Magazine and was the top rated player in the state of Michigan by The Detroit News
. He also played four years of baseball and three years of basketball in high school.
In 2006, Bass sustained a serious knee injury prior to spring practice. Bass suffered nerve damage which, prior to physical therapy, had completely immobilized his foot. Although Bass had worked for several years to rehabilitate his injury, in February 2008, Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez
announced that Bass's medical situation would prevent him from returning to the team. Bass remains on scholarship and is working towards a degree in communications.
Former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr
said of Bass's injury "The impact his loss had on our program can't be measured because he could do so many things...Medically, what we're all hoping is that he can lead a normal life, go play pickup basketball."
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
wide receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
who played for the Michigan Wolverines
Michigan Wolverines
The Michigan Wolverines comprise 27 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except men's ice hockey which competes in the NCAA D1 Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and women's water polo, which...
.
High school career
Bass attended Jackson High SchoolJackson High School (Michigan)
Jackson High School is a public high school located near downtown Jackson, Michigan.created in 1908 with the merger of Jackson's West Side and East Side High Schools and moved to its present location in 1927. The school has an enrollment of about 1800 students in grades 9-12. The school's mascot...
, in Jackson, Michigan
Jackson, Michigan
Jackson is a city located along Interstate 94 in the south central area of the U.S. state of Michigan, about west of Ann Arbor and south of Lansing. It is the county seat of Jackson County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 33,534...
, where he had 276 carries for 2,177 yards and 30 rushing touchdowns during his career. He also completed 55 of 161 passes for 999 yards and 14 passing touchdowns. Bass set the school record for passing touchdowns in a season in 2003 with 10 and also holds the school record for most career touchdowns with 45. He was named to the All-State first team and was also named an All-American by SuperPrep Magazine and was the top rated player in the state of Michigan by The Detroit News
The Detroit News
The Detroit News is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. The paper began in 1873, when it rented space in the rival Free Press's building. The News absorbed the Detroit Tribune on February 1, 1919, the Detroit Journal on July 21, 1922, and on November 7, 1960,...
. He also played four years of baseball and three years of basketball in high school.
College career
In his career at Michigan, Bass played in 10 games, all in 2005, carried the ball 19 times for 81 yards, and caught eight passes for 64 yards.In 2006, Bass sustained a serious knee injury prior to spring practice. Bass suffered nerve damage which, prior to physical therapy, had completely immobilized his foot. Although Bass had worked for several years to rehabilitate his injury, in February 2008, Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez
Rich Rodriguez
Richard A. "Rich" Rodriguez is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Arizona. Rodriguez previously served as the head football coach at Salem University , Glenville State College , West Virginia University , and the University...
announced that Bass's medical situation would prevent him from returning to the team. Bass remains on scholarship and is working towards a degree in communications.
Former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr
Lloyd Carr
Lloyd H. Carr is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Michigan from 1995 through the 2007 season. Under Carr, the Wolverines compiled a record of 122–40 and won or shared five Big Ten Conference titles...
said of Bass's injury "The impact his loss had on our program can't be measured because he could do so many things...Medically, what we're all hoping is that he can lead a normal life, go play pickup basketball."