October 11, 201511 yr Author A video link. Video: Georgia's Nick Chubb suffers frightening knee injury at Tennessee
October 11, 201511 yr A brutal break. I have seen the speculation that it might be a PCL injury, which would have the potential to be career ending. And it was a total fluke.
October 11, 201511 yr No idea what the actual prognosis is, but yeah, it was terrible. Bad enough that after CBS showed the replay, they wouldn't show it again. Hopefully it looked a lot worse than it really was and he will have a speedy recovery.
October 11, 201511 yr PCL tear plus two other ligaments. No surgery until swelling goes down which could be two weeks.
October 11, 201511 yr If they operate on a PCL it is a severe tear. Still he should be able to come back in 6-12 months. Wonder what the other two ligaments are?
October 11, 201511 yr If they operate on a PCL it is a severe tear. Still he should be able to come back in 6-12 months. Wonder what the other two ligaments are? I saw that the ACL is intact. Cartilage and ligament damage.
October 11, 201511 yr If they operate on a PCL it is a severe tear. Still he should be able to come back in 6-12 months. Wonder what the other two ligaments are? I would think MCL or LCL would be one of them given the angle and probably meniscus. Long road ahead for him, but modern medicine is a lot better than it was just 20 years ago when it comes to rehabilitating this type of injury. Is he a Senior?
October 15, 201511 yr This is example A of why Leonard Fournette should sit out next season. No reason to risk it.
October 15, 201511 yr People are just conditioned to believe ACLs are simply fixes, unfortunately for Chubb, he didn't get the easy fix ACL route.
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