There are days when John Clark still can’t straighten his left leg. Actually, most days are like that for Washington’s fifth-year senior defensive lineman.
In April 2017, Clark, a walk-on out of Marysville Getchell High School, ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament, the medial collateral and the meniscus in his left knee — a devastating triple whammy — during the Huskies’ first padded practice of spring ball.
He had one initial surgery and then another in September 2017 when swelling in his knee persisted.
Recovering and rehabilitation, he said, was “a long haul.” And at practice Wednesday, he was still wearing a large brace over his knee, and he still has issues with swelling and stiffness in his knee.