Beyond Football: Mannan Sets His Sights on Medicine

RICHMOND, Ky. – Mena Mannan thought he was playing the best football of his career. The Eastern Kentucky University tight end had put together a strong spring and was heading toward his senior season with momentum when a ruptured patellar tendon brought it to an abrupt end. Instead of continuing to compete for a role in the Colonels’ offense, Mannan faced a lengthy rehabilitation process and the realization that his playing career was over. It was a difficult way for football to stop. It also gave Mannan time to move forward with something he had been pursuing long before the…