another gamble on an injured player but this one has a longer history.

Did you get a lot of questions about your injury history? Do you think teams were past those issues?
“I don’t feel like I was really injury-prone, the only real injury I had was in ninth grade. I had to get to get surgery on my knee in the 2012 season and I didn’t tear anything, I didn’t tear a meniscus or ACL or anything, they just had to put another tendon in my kneecap to make sure it was stable. The doctor said I could have played with it but if I wanted to have a long career in the NFL that I would probably get the surgery so it wouldn’t happen again, my knee wouldn’t pop out again. As long as I stay stretched, do some yoga and drink some water, I’ll be good.”

There were reports that you tore that ligament in ninth grade, was that accurate?
“I didn’t tear a ligament, I just partially dislocated my kneecap so it would always slip out just a little bit. It never happened during any football games through my high school and college career up to spring practice where it came out a little bit. I still walked off the field, I was fine. I was about to start practicing again but the doctors thought it was a little loose so they tightened it down with another Achilles tendon from a cadaver and now I’m fine.”

another gamble on an injured player but this one has a longer history.