Patience.
That's what cornerback JaCorey Shepherd learned during his rookie year in the NFL. The promising sixth-round pick was in the mix to be the team's nickel cornerback until he suffered an ACL injury during a = Training Camp practice. Shepherd was able to turn the injury into a positive and use the year on the sidelines as an opportunity to learn the ways of the NFL, a redshirt year so to speak.
"It was very tough. I've been playing tackle (football) since I was five and I've never had an injury where I had to miss a game, let alone a whole season," Shepherd told Dave Spadaro on the Eagles Live podcast.