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DeFabo: Plate In Zach Frazier’s Ankle From College Injury Prevented More Serious Injury

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Last season while at West Virginia, Pittsburgh Steelers rookie C Zach Frazier literally crawled off the field after breaking his leg, and when he was down on the field in pain in Pittsburgh’s Week 6 win over the Las Vegas Raiders, Steelers fans held their collective breath. It turns out that the surgery to put a plate in his ankle from a college injury prevented a more serious injury, as Mike DeFabo from The Athletic said Frazier told him that he could’ve “easily” broken his ankle if not for the plate.

“Frazier told The Athletic that Dr.