Jordan Travis releases encouraging update from hospital bed after devastating injury Saturday

Jordan Travis released an update from the hospital after suffering a gruesome injury early in Florida State’s win over North Alabama Saturday.

Travis suffered a lower leg injury and had to be carted off with an air cast. With the quarterback’s season over, many wondered how he would respond.

Well, so far, so good for the Seminoles star and Heisman contender.

“Hey, what’s up, y’all, it’s Jordan, just wanted to know I’m doing good,” Travis said on his Instagram story. “I’m feeling good. I got a smile on my face. It’s gonna follow God’s plan, man and God has a journey for me and I’m gonna trust him every step of the way. I appreciate y’all for the messages. Go ‘Noles.”

Head coach Mike Norvell was very emotional when talking about his quarterback following the game. As with any athlete, you hate to see someone go out like that.

“I like to say you block it out. You don’t.” Norvell said. “Coming in, we knew this was Jordan Travis’ last game at Doak Campbell Stadium. I wanted to see him have a special game, special experience, you know. And for anytime somebody gets hurt, it hurt. I mean, it’s painful to see. It’s painful to have to go through.

“And I mean, you just want so bad for that kid. He does everything right. He really just is a special, special young man. I can’t say that I did block it out. You go and you coach and you do everything just like I said earlier, for the players that are out there on the field. I owe it to them, too. But it doesn’t lessen anything of the impact of when you said, any player that goes down. I mean, it’s hard. Because this is a game that these guys, they put so much into.”

Travis finished his final season at Florida State with 2,756 yards, 20 touchdowns, two interceptions, a 63.9% completion percentage, 176 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns.

As a member of the Class of 2018, Travis was a three-star recruit out of North Palm Beach (Fla.) The Benjamin School, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He was the No. 131 overall prospect in the state, the No. 61 quarterback in the class and the No. 866 overall prospect in the class.