I can state my kid a current junior faces the possibility of putting a screw in his throwing elbow. Everyone in family with the exception of his selfish typical 13yo teenage brother is bothered by it to a varying degree. I can't fathom the angst your family is going through. I throughly enjoyed the Frank opinions and real options for your kid. I assumed your kid is not a top tier student based on your OP. I think Juco with a walk on will be the best option to allow him some time to heal and redevelop as he is growing nicely and more importantly build up his GPA, especially for an engineering major which is very very popular and difficult program to get into. He is young like my kid (Nov Bday and will start college and almost finish a semester at 17) so he can afford to slow roll it like RJM suggested. Best wishes to your kid and please let keep us updated.