Published Monday | February 12, 2007
Nebraska I-back Marlon Lucky hospitalizedBY MITCH SHERMAN AND MARTHA STODDARD
WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
LINCOLN - Nebraska I-back Marlon Lucky was hospitalized after police and fire personnel responded to a medical emergency at his residence on Sunday evening.
Officials have not disclosed the nature of the emergency, but Lucky's high school coach said Monday afternoon that his former player was in an intensive-care unit in stable condition.
"I want to give his family some room and some privacy," said Brad Ratcliff, coach at North Hollywood (Calif.) High School. "I'm not at liberty to say anything else."
Lucky, 20, was admitted to BryanLGH West hospital on Sunday evening for "undisclosed medical reasons," according to the Nebraska Athletic Department. A release said the department would have no further comment. Suzanne McMasters, director of public relations for Bryan LGH, declined to comment when asked Lucky's condition.
Jordan Picou, an NU offensive lineman who was returning early Monday evening to the two-room apartment the two shared, said hospital personnel would not allow him to see Lucky, but added, "he's cool right now. They're just making sure his organs are OK."
Police and firefighters were dispatched at 8 p.m. to Lucky's home near Capitol Beach Lake, west of downtown. Deputy Fire Chief Pat Borer said a fire engine was at the residence about 20 minutes, and an ambulance was involved for about an hour, which he said was typical when patients are transported to a hospital.
A family friend who answered the phone of Wayne Padden, Lucky's California guardian, said Padden and Lucky's uncle, Stanley Joseph, were unavailable.