The world of sports medicine has come a long way with medical advancements. The days of a late-season ACL tear don’t have quite the recovery time that they used to.
More often we have seen a situation like Adrian Peterson’s when he tore his ACL in the final game of the season and was prepared to play in the next season’s opener. This is especially good news for Alabama’s two top wide receivers from the 2021 campaign. Both will be playing in the NFL next year after both players suffered ACL tears during the college football playoff run.
Mark Lane and John Crumpler of Texans Wire recently spoke with Dr. Lyle Cain of Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center. With both Jameson Williams and John Metchie III, they are both coming off of torn ACLs in the last part of the season. Dr. Cain told our colleagues that both should return to their full speed in a matter of eight or nine months.
That timetable would put them right in line for the beginning of the 2022 NFL season.
On ACL tears and how they affect athletes
On Jameson Williams and John Metchie III returning to form
John Metchie III’s knee at the CFP Championship Game
Dr. Cain on working with Nick Saban
Jameson Williams and John Metchie’s NFL draft outlook
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Jameson Williams:
No. 3 ranked WR of the class
The latest mock lands him at No. 23 to Arizona via Draft Wire
John Metchie III:
No. 58 overall
The latest mock lands him at No. 29 to Kansas City via The Huddle
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