Two years and nine months removed from a gruesome knee injury that prematurely ended his high school basketball career, Kentucky walk-on Zan Payne is finally ready to return to game action.
“It’s been super long,” Payne told the UK media Wednesday morning. “But I’m back at 100%. I feel good and I’m ready to go.”
The 6-foot-4 forward torn his MCL, ACL and patellar tendon in his right knee back on February 9, 2018, abruptly ending his senior campaign. The brutal injury came on a last-second shot attempt with his Lexington Catholic squad down 64-62 to Lexington Christian, with the in-state standout landing awkwardly on his leg.