Ezekiel Elliott, the star of this year’s College Football Playoff for Ohio State, will need a second surgery on the left wrist he injured over the summer and had surgery on in August.
Elliott tweeted about the surgery:
An unnamed source revealed the following to Dave Biddle of 247Sports:
He went in for his four-week check-up and one part of the bone is healed, but one part isn’t, so he’s going to have surgery this Thursday morning. The doctors checked it out four weeks ago and were shocked that it had healed as much as it had. So, at that time, they decided to not have surgery. Ezekiel had what they call bone stimulation two times per day over the last four weeks and they thought that might completely heal it. But only part of it healed and they decided they need to do the surgery.
Elliott was excellent for Ohio State this season, rushing for 1,878 yards and 18 touchdowns while also catching 28 passes for 220 yards. He saved his best for the biggest moments, however, rushing for 220 yards and two touchdowns against Wisconsin in the Big Ten title game, 230 yards and two touchdowns against Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinals and 246 yards and four touchdowns against Oregon in the national championship.
Elliott, to his credit, isn’t satisfied just yet, as he posted on Instagram on Monday:
He’ll probably need to bottle up that motivation for some time if he indeed has another surgery, however, as it seems unlikely he’ll be able to participate in any…
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