I’m starting to wonder.

Sophomore receiver Larry Fitzgerald, a first-team All-Big East Conference selection last season and widely regarded as the top wideout in the country, injured his left hamstring after being tackled in a drill early in practice.

“We’ll have to wait to get it evaluated by the doctor,” Coach Walt Harris said. “We hate to see anyone get hurt. Anytime your top player gets hurt, hopefully, it’s not very serious. We don’t have any idea, yet.”

Fitzgerald, who had 69 receptions for 1,005 yards and 12 touchdowns last season, caught a pass near the sideline and was tackled by linebacker Joe Dipre. Fitzgerald went down awkwardly and immediately clutched the back of his leg.

He gingerly limped across the field, had ice applied by the training staff and spent the rest of practice with his leg elevated on a Gatorade bucket.

This goes back to Latef Grim in 2000. He was all-Big East, supposed to be the go-to guy. He all but disappeared in the season. Of course Sophmore, Antonio Bryant, stepped up and was huge. So big expectations for him in 2001. What happens? In the first or second game, he goes down with a leg or foot injury. A virtual non-factor until the last game of the year. That left Pitt with R.J. English as the go to guy (R.J. will deserve his own blog entry at some point).

Last year, Fitzgerald seemingly came out of no where to amaze and astound. He’s pre-season all-American and Big East this year. Considered one of the best WR in college. Oh, boy.

Update: It doesn’t appear to be a serious hamstring injury. Still, I’m going to be holding my breath everytime he sprints down the sideline.