No, he said illiterate because of the countless instances of college athletes being enrolled in fake classes or having grades fudged to keep them eligible. You seem much more racist for assuming that's what he meant. Black people don't need your help, quit looking for issues to resolve when there isn't one. 

I know this isn’t the point of the article but wouldn’t it be more likely that the cut was due to his index fingernail digging into his middle finger? When throwing a curve, you’re index and middle finger are going to be very close together but I can’t understand how a thumbnail could possibly contact the middle…