Jaguars' Dante Alighieri Fowler Jr. out for season with torn ACL, Dante Alighieri Fowler Jr. did not miss a game in 3 years of faculty.
The former Everglade State star possible can miss his entire novice year within the NFL.
The point of entry Jaguars defensive finish, the third overall choose in last week's NFL draft, is probably going out for the season once tearing a knee ligament throughout his initial observe.
Fowler molding the anterior symmetrical ligament in his left knee throughout novice minicamp Fri. ESPN initial according the extent of the injury.
The injury looked serious live and appeared even worse in video replays. Tests unconcealed the extent of the harm.
Fowler's knee buckled throughout associate degree 11-on-11 drill as he engaged right tackle Watts Dantzler. Fowler born to the bottom, grabbed his leg as he rolled from facet to facet and eventually got helped off the sector. He was carted to the room.
"I visited apologize to him and he was like, 'You're smart, man. It's simply soccer,' " Dantzler aforementioned.Fowler was the primary non-quarterback selected last week, taken by the Jaguars once quarterbacks Jameis Winston (Tampa Bay) and Marcus Mariota (Tennessee).
The Jaguars were hoping on Fowler to be a centerpiece of the defense for years. that they had expected him to be on a daily basis one starter, that means he would replace 33-year-old veteran Chris Clemons.
Now, though, it's unlikely he can play in 2015.
Although players have came from torn knee ligaments in seven months' time, the Jaguars would have to be compelled to be in competition competition to even think about transferral Fowler back thus presently. The franchise, that is nearing the top of its ground-up build, has won 9 games over the last 3 years.
Fowler's injury happened throughout a two-day camp that featured eight draft picks, 9 first players and twenty eight exercising players attempting to urge an effort at the NFL. point of entry had hoped to urge all of them familiar with the pace of observe and the way to properly perform each drill.
It price the team dearly.
"Well, i feel you have to be good," coach Gus Bradley aforementioned. "You weigh it to, 'Hey, we are able to get them acclimated, a sympathize with everything.' however we tend to did not have an everyday observe as so much as reps. wherever we tend to commonly go fifteen reps, we had 10. we tend to did not have a blitz amount. It's simply obtaining them additional familiar with the flow of observe, yet as having the ability to guage a number of these guys that ar sure ensuing 2 days."
Fowler had fourteen 1/2 sacks in 3 years at Everglade State, together with eight 1/2 last season, and was the simplest player on a solid defense.
The Jaguars wished the 6-foot-3, 265-pounder to lose regarding ten pounds and become an improved fit the team's hybrid end/linebacker position known as "Leo."
The former Everglade State star possible can miss his entire novice year within the NFL.
The point of entry Jaguars defensive finish, the third overall choose in last week's NFL draft, is probably going out for the season once tearing a knee ligament throughout his initial observe.
Fowler molding the anterior symmetrical ligament in his left knee throughout novice minicamp Fri. ESPN initial according the extent of the injury.
The injury looked serious live and appeared even worse in video replays. Tests unconcealed the extent of the harm.
Fowler's knee buckled throughout associate degree 11-on-11 drill as he engaged right tackle Watts Dantzler. Fowler born to the bottom, grabbed his leg as he rolled from facet to facet and eventually got helped off the sector. He was carted to the room.
"I visited apologize to him and he was like, 'You're smart, man. It's simply soccer,' " Dantzler aforementioned.Fowler was the primary non-quarterback selected last week, taken by the Jaguars once quarterbacks Jameis Winston (Tampa Bay) and Marcus Mariota (Tennessee).
The Jaguars were hoping on Fowler to be a centerpiece of the defense for years. that they had expected him to be on a daily basis one starter, that means he would replace 33-year-old veteran Chris Clemons.
Now, though, it's unlikely he can play in 2015.
Although players have came from torn knee ligaments in seven months' time, the Jaguars would have to be compelled to be in competition competition to even think about transferral Fowler back thus presently. The franchise, that is nearing the top of its ground-up build, has won 9 games over the last 3 years.
Fowler's injury happened throughout a two-day camp that featured eight draft picks, 9 first players and twenty eight exercising players attempting to urge an effort at the NFL. point of entry had hoped to urge all of them familiar with the pace of observe and the way to properly perform each drill.
It price the team dearly.
"Well, i feel you have to be good," coach Gus Bradley aforementioned. "You weigh it to, 'Hey, we are able to get them acclimated, a sympathize with everything.' however we tend to did not have an everyday observe as so much as reps. wherever we tend to commonly go fifteen reps, we had 10. we tend to did not have a blitz amount. It's simply obtaining them additional familiar with the flow of observe, yet as having the ability to guage a number of these guys that ar sure ensuing 2 days."
Fowler had fourteen 1/2 sacks in 3 years at Everglade State, together with eight 1/2 last season, and was the simplest player on a solid defense.
The Jaguars wished the 6-foot-3, 265-pounder to lose regarding ten pounds and become an improved fit the team's hybrid end/linebacker position known as "Leo."
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