Last year, Michigan Wolverines running back Donovan Edwards had a breakout season, rushing for nearly 1,000 yards in his second season with the Wolverines and helping lead the team to a second-consecutive win over the rival Ohio State Buckeyes with a career-high 216 rushing yards in the game. As it turns out, he had all that dominance despite dealing with injuries most of the season.
Edwards revealed to ESPN’s Tom VanHaaren that he injured a patellar tendon in the second game of the season against Hawai’i, and played through the injury for the rest of the season.
“I always thought it’s OK, tendinitis, it’s a little achy,” Edwards told ESPN. “I found out against Hawaii, I made that catch right at the goal line, put my knee back and it just didn’t feel right. I found out it was partially torn and after that just continue to work around it.”
After playing through the injury, Edwards had surgery to repair it a few months ago and says he is now “up to par” physically.
“I got that fixed up, had surgery in February and just been rehabbing now,” Edwards said. “I’m up to par now, running, cutting, doing all that good stuff. So, like that recovery wasn’t going to take long, about four months to get full speed, three months for me to feel good.”
