Yup. Unless I'm forgetting someone obvious, the only player I've really ever heard of who suffered a torn achilles and came back from it to anywhere close to the same level of performance as he had pre-injury has been Kevin Durant. It's a terrible injury for an athlete to suffer.
The evidence is actually starting to mount that recovery is possible now. Cam Akers tore his Achilles within the last year, but he is back as the RB for the Rams. It's still a scary injury, but I think that - much like UCL injuries used to be career-enders for pitchers - we're starting to see science catch up to Achilles tears.
That said, there doesn't seem to be any reason for concern (yet) about Keels' Achilles.
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Didn’t Daniel Jones have an Achilles injury? Or am I having a senior moment?
I'm hearing that Keels injury is not too serious. Still too early to know but there is a chance he will play against Syracuse.
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This may be where he got it, not that we know where this guy got his info.
https://twitter.com/dukebetter/statu...358287360?s=21
Wow as a group we have a touch of the ol’ anxiety about injuries, huh?
This photo shows Keels grabbing his right shin area. Let's hope its only a contusion or strain of the calf or shin area.
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Last edited by DoubleBlue; 01-19-2022 at 08:16 PM.
That is amazing news! Even if he ends up not playing this weekend, just the fact that the injury is minor and nothing long term is a huge sigh of relief, as this team really doesn't have the depth to sustain an extended absence from any of our top six guys.
First Keels has that mysterious shoulder injury where he took himself out of the game but then was fine for the next one. Now this. If he escapes a train wreck unscathed, I'm going to start looking out for Bruce Willis in a security poncho and Samuel L Jackson using a wheelchair.