So let me get this straight. This guy is is in college and came up with this dumb story? When I first heard it I knew it had to be bogus. “My dog ate my homework” level excuse.
He should have learned a lesson from the Major League Baseball player a few years ago who injured his shoulder during the off-season. He reported to the team that he fell down the stairs at his house. The suspicion -- based on stories from his neighbors -- was that he crashed while doing wheelies on a motorcycle in their suburban neighborhood. If he had been injured in a motorcycle accident then his contract would have been voided, so he had to make up another story. I don't remember how that one ended. LOL.