Giants RB Skattebo Walks Unaided into Facility
Less than two months after suffering a severe ankle injury that ended his rookie season, New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo walked unaided into the team's practice facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Wednesday.
Skattebo, a fourth-round draft pick out of Arizona State, posted a video on Instagram showing himself entering the building under his own power for the first time since the injury on October 26 during a Week 8 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. "Man, walking into the facility on my own two feet," Skattebo said in the video. "God is good, man. Just want to say thank you to everybody that supported, man. We gettin back, lets go. Gettin back to it, lets go."
The 23-year-old sustained a broken fibula, dislocated right ankle, and ruptured ligament in the second quarter of that game after being tackled from behind. Teammates averted their eyes from the on-field scene, and Skattebo was carted off in an air cast to a standing ovation from the crowd at Lincoln Financial Field. He underwent immediate surgery in Philadelphia that night to address the open fracture, including the insertion of a stabilizing device known as a tightrope, which drills through the bones and...