Unsung Hero: Cole Schroeder

Denton Guyer senior Cole Schroeder was attending a bonfire with his friends in January when a pellet from a shotgun shell flew out of the fire and hit his right eye. Schroeder, who was Guyer’s kicker for the previous two seasons, was rushed to the hospital and immediately underwent several surgeries and tests to stop the bleeding and restore his eyesight.

The family got opinions from several doctors and they all agreed: his eye was unable to be saved. Schroeder underwent surgical enucleation which removed his eye but left the muscles that surrounded it intact. His eye was replaced with a prosthetic which looks strikingly similar to his left eye.