Dallas Cowboys star linebacker Sean Lee might be one of the toughest NFL players alive.
Per Rainer Sabin of the Dallas Morning News, Lee just underwent a successful surgery on a torn ACL in his left knee - a tear which has been troubling him for his entire career in the National Football League.
According to Sabin, "Lee, 27, had actually partially torn that same ligament his senior season at Penn State. It never fully healed so now Lee has the benefit of coming back with a fully-repaired anterior cruciate ligament after undergoing surgery."
Lee completely tore the ligament on May 27th, the first day of Cowboys OTAs, and faces a prognosis of seven to nine months of recovery time. However, head athletic trainer Jim Maurer stated on Thursday that every player's rehabilitation schedule is different.
“I have already told [Lee], ‘We’re going to be fine,’” Maurer stated, via Sabin's article posted on Thursday. “You’re going to play for six more years. This ACL – we’re going to get this fixed.”
The Cowboys have not yet made a roster move to compensate for the absence of Lee, as the team remains hopeful that one of the most physically-impressive players in the entire league could come back quicker than expected.
"Sean is one guy that will do whatever it takes to get back,” Maurer said.
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