{"id":198,"date":"2026-05-13T16:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=198"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:06:10","slug":"all-american-rb-ahmad-hardy-discharged-after-shooting-heads-back-to-missouri-to-begin-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"All-American RB Ahmad Hardy discharged after shooting, heads back to Missouri to begin recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>All-American running back Ahmad Hardy has been discharged from a Mississippi hospital following a shooting over the weekend, and the Missouri standout is returning to Columbia to begin the recovery effort in the hopes of playing this season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=196\">USA Curling hires Canada great Gushue as high-performance director to boost Olympic gold-medal hopes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The school said in a statement early Sunday that Hardy, a Doak Walker Award finalist for the Tigers, had been shot and was in stable condition. Police later said Hardy was shot in the upper leg while attending an outdoor concert at a bike club in Laurel, about 90 minutes away from where he grew up in the small town of Oma, Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz said during an event in Dallas late Tuesday that the timetable for Hardy\u2019s recovery is undetermined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll take it day by day,\u201d Drinkwitz said. \u201cHe will be back healthy. You know, when you\u2019re dealing with elite athletes, right, getting back healthy and getting back to elite status is a little tricky in these situations. There is an opportunity he could be back this year; there is an opportunity he couldn\u2019t be back this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe won\u2019t know those answers for a few weeks,\u201d Drinkwitz added.<\/p>\n<p>Laurel police Sgt. Macon Davis told the Laurel (Mississippi) Leader-Call three people of interest were in custody following the incident. Davis described the scene as a \u201cmelee,\u201d saying at least two people were injured and it was a miracle others were not.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old Hardy began his career at Louisiana-Monroe, where he ran for more than 1,300 yards with 13 touchdowns during his freshman season. He transferred to Missouri before last season and ran for 1,649 yards \u2014 second among players in the Football Bowl Subdivision \u2014 and scored 16 touchdowns in helping the Tigers go 8-5 with a loss to Virginia in the Gator Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=194\">Legge aims to become first woman to complete racing\u2019s \u2018Double\u2019 at Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His best game came against Mississippi State last November, when he ran 25 times for 300 yards and three touchdowns, joining Devin West as the only players in school history with a 300-yard rushing game. Hardy also ran for 250 yards in a game against Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>Several mock drafts already list the 5-foot-10, 205-pound Hardy as the No. 1 running back available next April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has the full support of our team to help him in his recovery,\u201d Drinkwitz said, \u201cand we\u2019re taking it day by day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP college football: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/college-football<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=192\">PWHL adding expansion teams in Las Vegas and Hamilton, Ontario, with 1 more coming to reach 12<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All-American running back Ahmad Hardy has been discharged from a Mississippi hospital following a shooting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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