Dallas Cowboys’ guard Ron Leary hopeful of playing through knee injury – NFL News
Former Memphis guard, Ron Leary, was among those players who were unable to attract any team’s attention during the three-day National Football League (NFL) draft held last week.
The apparent reason behind Leary’s inability to attract any team in the draft is his knee injury that could hamper his career growth.
However, he was fortunate to have been selected by the Dallas Cowboys after the player became a free agent following the draft.
Leary had earlier done workout for the Cowboys and they knew the status of the player before signing him.
According to the team’s medical staff, Leary will have to undergo a surgery in future to treat his injury and the medical procedure is expected to cut his career short.
However, Leary is hopeful of playing through the injury especially after meeting his doctor before leaving his hometown to attend Cowboys’ three-day minicamp that will start from Friday.
According to the details present on the team’s official website, Leary met with his doctor, who had earlier performed a surgery to his knee, and that the player got a positive feedback from the doctor.
Leary said:
"My doctor at school who did the surgery, I went and saw him right before I left Memphis. He told me if the knee was going to give out, it would've given out during the season. I played the whole season, no problems. I probably missed nine snaps out of the
whole season. I did the Combine, played in the all-star game and everything. Everything is fine right now."
Before the draft, Cowboys offensive line coach, Bill Callahan, also attended Leary’s workout and was impressed to see the player’s performance.
He nodded in agreement when asked by the team’s management about selecting him. Cowboys had an idea that other teams might not draft him because of his situation and they, too, did not draft him, apparently waiting for the end of the draft and sign him as
free agent.
Cowboys’ owner, Jerry Jones, said of his selection:
"The issue for him is how long [he can play], it's not now. It's how long he can play. That's why he fell the way he fell. We had our coach think he might be the readiest of any offensive linemen."
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