The single most important thing for a young player dealing with an injury to have while with a team is a provision of feeling included in the process of going about planning and executing a gameplan. Young players who end up spending the season on injured reserve can easily go into a shell and drift away from the team.
We have heard this story before from a number of different players and how they have forced themselves to battle against that isolation. From the likes of Sean Spence, Eli Rogers, and Senquez Golson, they have all spoken about finding themselves in a dark place at one point during their injury.