One day after injured Chicago Bears rookie wide receiver Kevin White started running on grass for the first time at training camp, he felt pain and knew he faced a worst-case scenario.
White, the seventh overall pick in this year's draft, will have surgery on his left shin to repair a stress fracture and will start the regular season on the physically unable to perform list after rest and therapy failed to cure shin pain he first experienced in June during organized team activities.
He will have a rod put in the tibia to stabilize the leg.