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The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

94. Khalil Garland: Heart of a Hog

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Sports

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Student coach, Khalil Garland always wanted to play for the Razorbacks and was one of the top prospects in the state when he arrived at Arkansas in 2017. After undergoing his first routine physical with the team he was diagnosed with a rare heart condition -- ending his playing career forever. Garland had to change his plans and find a new dream. This is the story of how he turned a career ending medical diagnosis into a new dream and purpose - while gaining a new perspective on life.

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My sophomore year I was completely devastated. It was the worst year in my life my sophomore year. I still had to put a smile on my face every day because I had to be around a team. But behind closed doors like I was I was a mess, you know, I was depressed, I was

0:16.8

Heartbroken, I had so many questions Welcome into the Hog Pot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by

0:34.8

our friends at Core Brewing Company. First Security Bank, Serrazen Resort,

0:39.5

and Lindsay Golf.

0:41.1

Khalil Garland came to Arkansas as one of the Lindsey Gough.

0:42.6

Kaleo Garland came to Arkansas as one of the state's top prospects in 2017, wanting nothing

0:48.4

more than to build his own basketball legacy.

0:51.5

He had big dreams about his future and was excited to get to work.

0:55.0

And then suddenly everything changed.

0:59.0

I play pick up my first two days and then we had to stop because we have to go get tested

1:04.1

and that's when they figured out something what's wrong with me. The routine

1:07.3

physical revealed a rare heart condition known as cardiomyopathy, a diagnosis which made his basketball future at best uncertain.

1:16.7

You know, Kaleh went through some tests and based on those results,

1:19.6

she's not been medically cleared to participate in practice right now. So at this point

1:25.3

of time he's not practicing. The information was kept private for some time, but

1:30.0

Khalillo's playing days were over in the sport he loved, taken away.

1:34.8

Any hard movements, I get bumped the wrong way on the court.

1:38.3

I could possibly pass out or die.

1:40.0

I have so many questions like why is this happening?

1:43.0

Because I feel fine and I'm like I'm sitting on the bench,

1:46.0

I'm sitting on the sidelines knowing and I can't play and I know I can be out here doing what they're doing.

1:50.0

It was so hard for me my sophomore year.

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