Colorado Buffaloes freshman linebacker Jon Van Diest suffered a torn ACL in practice this week, per a report by BuffStampede reporter Adam Munsterteiger.
Van Diest will get operated on on Friday. Third straight November, dating back to his junior year at Cherry Creek, that Van Diest has needed surgery. MacIntyre said he has had a positive attitude about it: "He is just a phenomenal kid." https://t.co/oQ2THhUuV7
— Adam Munsterteiger (@adamcm777) November 16, 2017
Van Diest was redshirting this fall as one of CU’s top players in the incoming class and was called the next “Tasmanian Devil” by coach Mike MacIntyre.