Qamari Hassan almost blended in as he walked around the University of Saint Francis football offices Tuesday. That’s as close to miraculous as it gets.

Hassan suffered a spinal-cord injury during practice on Aug. 25 and many wondered whether he would ever walk again. Not only is he walking, he’s driving a car and hoping to resume his college studies next semester.

“For a whole month, I was not able to move my body at all, and I couldn’t walk until the third month, so everything has been moving real fast,” Hassan said.

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Hassan, a freshman from Fort Wayne who played at Wayne High School, had originally planned to move to Atlanta for more rehabilitation work, but he and his family have canceled that trip because of his physical progress.

He said if he is able to have enough strength in his fingers to work at a keyboard, he will resume Saint Francis classes in January.

“I’m almost completely back, working on my strength,” he said.

Hassan was at the Saint Francis football offices Tuesday as the team prepared to leave on its flight to play Reinhardt in the NAIA national championship game at 6 p.m. Saturday in Municipal Stadium, Daytona Beach, Fla.

While Hassan’s football career ended in Auguest, he has set no other limits on his future. He said plans to work on strengthening his body to see if he can regain enough of his ability to possibly compete in track and field at Saint Francis.