He averaged at least 7 yards per carry in each of his first three seasons before dropping to 4.5 last season, the result of a nagging ankle injury and uncharacteristically poor line play from the Cardinal. Love intends to participate in the NFL scouting combine in some way and told Yahoo Sports he was opening up about his injury to be transparent to NFL teams that could be interested in drafting him.Īfter rushing for 2,118 yards and 19 touchdowns in 2017, Love was held to 739 yards on 97 fewer carries in 2018. Bryce Love says he hopes to be ready for the NFL scouting combine in some fashion following December ACL surgery. 31, saying he wanted to "focus on being completely healthy and prepared for the 2019 NFL draft." But the running back did not disclose the extent of his injury at that time. The day before the surgery, Love had announced that he would not play in the Hyundai Sun Bowl, which Stanford won 14-13 over Pitt on Dec. I'll be back better than I've ever been." "Obviously, there's no such thing as an ideal injury, but I'm on the path to recovery, and my goal remains the same - getting drafted by an NFL team and being the ultimate professional. Andrews and his team for making the surgery a seamless process," Love said in a statement to Yahoo Sports. Love said he suffered the injury during the fourth quarter of the Cardinal's regular-season finale against Cal and had surgery Dec.
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Stanford running back Bryce Love is recovering after undergoing surgery last month to repair a torn right ACL, he told Yahoo Sports on Friday.