FSU OL Mavety Forced to Give Up Football

As some predicted, Florida State will be without an experienced senior up front this season. Chad Mavety’s cardiac issue was deemed by doctors to be too serious to continue playing football, thus ending his career. Mavety made the announcement with a Facebook post, where he writes:

“As I’m sure some people already know, I will not be playing football this fall for Florida State University nor the rest of my career. I have spent the last 7 months trying to stay the course and be positive but ultimately the doctor gave me a result and a decision. I have been diagnosed with something that does not allow me to play and the liability and risk factors have ended a sport and career I took so much pride in. One thing I’ve always been taught, is that everything happens for a reason and I am lucky we found it. Yes football is a game where athletes make an incredible amounts of money but the ultimate happiness comes everyday when your working out, in meetings, hanging in the cafe, or strapping up those pads at 3:00 to go out to practice. The brotherhood I’ve built with my teammates at Florida State will always be there and I will 100% be this teams biggest fan this season.”

Mavety started eight games for the Seminoles a season ago, playing both guard and tackle. Mavety, a former junior college transfer, was one of the more versatile and more experienced linemen on the roster.

Mavety made the cardiac issue public in March. Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher announced this offseason that defensive end Lorenzo Featherston had also suffered a career-ending knee injury.

What it means: From a football standpoint, the loss of Mavety doesn’t serve as a huge blow. The Seminoles have plenty of depth at both guard and tackle with guys like Roderick Johnson, Derrick Kelly, Kareem Are, Brock Ruble, Cole Minshew, Wilson Bell and Rick Leonard. FSU does however lose a veteran presence up front. More than anything, the news serves as a unfortunate ending to a fairly productive FSU career.