BYU wide receiver Kody Epps broke his sesamoid bone in 2020 and missed all of 2021. Prior to the injury, Epps had never been away from football for a long period of time.
Kody Epps catches a ball in BYU's spring practice Feb. 28, 2022.On the other end of the phone, Brooke Williams kept repeating the same reassuring message to her son.On the receiving end of that message was Kody Epps, holed up in his dorm room on a Saturday night. It was moments after BYU wrapped up a game that Epps spent yet again on the sideline in a boot.
“There were some very, very low moments,” Epps said. “I was completely out of it and I’m just sitting in my room thinking, ‘Am I ever going to get a shot? Is God ever going to allow me to play again? Am I ever going to get the chance to bloom? I definitely hit rock bottom.” But in that practice, pain shot through his foot. At first, he didn’t think much of it. Then it got to the point where he was ruled out for Saturday. He went to different doctors to see what it was. After a couple of consults, he went to Palo Alto, Calif., to see a specialist.
Prior to the injury, Epps had never been away from football for a long period of time. He missed a playoff game his junior year of high school, but nothing like this. For the most part, his football career had come easy. Young set Alabama’s record for passing yards and touchdowns in his first year and went to the national championship game. His other Mater Dei teammates also went on to play college football. USC linebacker Raesjon Davis, a starter on Mater Dei’s 2019 team, played against BYU when Epps was out last season.
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