Garrett Williams torn ACL, out for season

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Does Williams come back for next season? Now he won't get drafted and will need to make an NFL team as an UDFA. Or he can come back and potentially get drafted a year later?

 

[Brian Orange]

Does Williams come back for next season? Now he won't get drafted and will need to make an NFL team as an UDFA. Or he can come back and potentially get drafted a year later?

He gets drafted, I am almost positive.

 

[kcsu]

Does Williams come back for next season? Now he won't get drafted and will need to make an NFL team as an UDFA. Or he can come back and potentially get drafted a year later?

He is young enough that i believe its in his best interest to return

 

[Brian Orange]

Just unbelievable. Hurts when you officially see it. I still think he gets drafted.

 

[AAM62]

He is young enough that i believe its in his best interest to return

he's too injury prone to risk coming back. Hopefully he gets some cisco type treatment and gets drafted, albeit later than the 3rd round.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

He gets drafted, I am almost positive.

He won't recover in time to for a team to work him out. A team also will have no clue how well he recovers from the injury. Maybe someone takes a late round flier on him, but no way he gets drafted before Day 3 now.

 

[Rocco]

This is truly unfortunate. Hopefully he is getting second opinions on what to do next year. Might make sense for him to come back, but might not.

Kid def has a legit shot at an NFL career.

 

[PhatOrange]

with no knowledge of how these things work I'd imagine if he stays at syracuse at least any and all rehab will be on their dime. Not sure if he leaves in May what they'd still be on the hook for.

 

[wiseman3]

Does he come back for another year now? Will be a challenge for him to make it back healthy before the draft, almost certainly wont be 100%.

Devastating. It may be time to re-evaluate either out Strength And Conditioning program or the Dome Turf...all of these injuries are happening at home.

 

[orangecuse]

If GW does get drafted, in all probability it will be in the later rounds now due to the injury. Depending upon the extent of the damages, recovery period, etc., he'll undoubtedly miss the NFL combines and NFL OTA's.

Since these injuries and recovery period can take up to a year before getting back on the field, and we are now hitting November, a team would likely have to be willing to place him on injured reserved as he won't be on the field (pro or college) by the start of it.

 

[rrlbees]

Not unexpected but still blows for him.

 

[richmondcuse03]

He will definitely get drafted. It for sure hurts his value...but does returning help that much? He can't play a full season next year right? He'd have to return at best midway through. So what does that do for his value?

I would think getting drafted this year is the safer play to be honest.

 

[McNabb2Brominski]

Even if he returns, he wouldn’t be ready until mid-season at the earliest.

Some team will take a chance on him in the later rounds. He had 1-3 round draft grade before getting banged up.

 

[Trueblue25]

Oh man am I reliving the Andre Cisco season ending injury thread?

Go get your money Garrett. Was a pleasure watching you and I’ll root for whichever team drafts you.

 

[syrBossHogg]

Terrible news

Wishing him a speedy recovery

 

[OrangeXtreme]

9 month rehab puts him into August.

 

[money3189]

I want him to get drafted but I can see teams backing off. He won’t be able to work out for the combines. He might have to consider coming back. Some teams might be willing to draft him and have him redshirt

 

[rrlbees]

He will definitely get drafted. It for sure hurts his value...but does returning help that much? He can't play a full season next year right? He'd have to return at best midway through. So what does that do for his value?

I would think getting drafted this year is the safer play to be honest.

Many athletes recover in 6-9 months.

 

[RF2044]

Awful. Really unfortunate.

Wish he hadn't gotten injured on that play against NC State, because that set wheels in motion for what occurred with him rushing back to play Saturday.

 

[AAM62]

Awful. Really unfortunate.

Wish he hadn't gotten injured on that play against NC State, because that set wheels in motion for what occurred with him rushing back to play Saturday.

yeah I think so as well

 

[Cusefan69]

9 month rehab puts him into August.

Yep. People are thinking old school recovery for ACL. I am not a doctor but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express recently and I think depending on swelling he could go in as soon as a few weeks for surgery and then boom right to rehab. Cisco's recovery was really fast.

 

[Eric15]

Ugh. He's my favorite player on the team.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Extremely unfortunate, and downright sad. Remember this when future NFL draft picks decide to sit out bowl games.

 

[FrancoPizza]

He is young enough that i believe its in his best interest to return

GW in ADJW's office after the season: "Either the turf goes or I go".