Long Way Back to Health ; Tennessee Defensive Tackle Returns From Freaky Year
The Washington Times › July 13, 2007
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No NFL player deserves a healthy training camp more than Tennessee defensive tackle Rien Long.
Long, who won the Outland Trophy as the nation's top lineman following his junior season at Washington State in 2002, tore his right Achilles tendon on the first day of camp last summer. While undergoing a second surgery, he developed a serious staph infection. Long said doctors later told him there had been a 24-hour period when they were concerned they might have to amputate his right foot.See the full content of this document
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Long Way Back to Health ; Tennessee Defensive Tackle Returns From Freaky Year
"It was nasty. It was purple, just oozing stuff," Long told the Tennessean in Nashville. "It felt like someone was holding a lighter behind my Achilles. .. They didn't know if they wer...
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