FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Veteran defensive end Adrian Clayborn, who signed a two-year contract with a base value of $10 million as the New England Patriots top free agent this offseason, has persevered through multiple injuries over his career.
As he detailed in a Players Tribune piece in January, he had a torn ACL, MCL and meniscus in 2012, a torn right bicep in 2014, a torn MCL and meniscus in 2016, and then a torn left bicep in the playoffs after the 2016 regular season.
Facing another challenging rehabilitation with his left bicep, Clayborn thought about retirement at that point.