APBroncos rookie tight end Jeff Heuerman will miss the entire season after tearing his ACL at practice today.
Heuerman, a third-round draft pick, was injured while running down the field on a special teams drill at rookie minicamp. He was carted off the field and diagnosed with a torn ACL.
“I feel terrible for Jeff and this is a very unfortunate situation,” Broncos coach Gary Kubiak said. “Jeff was going to be a big part of our team this year, and he’s still going to be a big part of our team and organization in the future. He’ll get well and be with us as part of this team throughout his rehabilitation.”
The Broncos were hoping Heuerman could make an immediate impact on an offense that lost top tight end Julius Thomas to free agency. Instead, Heuerman will spend his rookie season rehabbing.
What?! Another one? You got to be kidding !
PROPOSED NEW LEAGUE RULE FOR SAFETY: No more running, only speedwalking. Would cut down on ACL injuries.
– Rog
as a buckeye fan i was rooting for him good luck in recovery jeff
Wow, 2 too many.
Sorry to read that. Good luck in rehab.
Tough luck, kid.
ugh
Season enders in May are tragic, regardless of who you root for in September. Bounce back soon, young man.
Unbelievably bad luck. I wish him a full and speedy recovery.
That’s why these players deserve everything they earn. Need to increase rosters in season to at least 63 active get rid of active list
They just don’t make ACLs like they used to.
I hope this isn’t going to be a trend. I feel bad for these young guys. Dream put on hold a year has to be a blow.
There were quite a few last year, too as I recall.
Feel bad for Heuerman, but this doesn’t hurt the Broncos anywhere near as badly as the Jaguars losing their first round guy.
How will the haters blame the Patriots for this???
(/s)
This sucks. I like to beat the Broncos, but not because their guys go down with injuries. I wish him the best in his recovery.
To much this camp that camp ota’s etc,,, its not necessary to play football but it is necessary so the NFL is at the forefront every single friggin day !
I blame Brady.
Unfortunately for Heuerman he’s struggled with injuries throughout his career, and this particular injury will probably label him as “injury prone”
Hate to see that!
2 in 2 days.
Hate to see anyone get hurt but when it’s a kid just starting out. Man that’s tough.
Brady really needs to stop…
One of these days, some doctor is going to come up with a way to preserve your knee ligaments so they don’t tear.
I keep hearing Elaine from Seinfeld singing that “Get well, get well soon” song…
Remember when the packers lost to elway in the super bowl?
Karma for not playing for God’s Team.
The 49ers will reign surpreme.
14-2 and a SB Championship this year.
All at home field!
The Broncos will be watching at home!
#RedAndGoldEmpire
#BowToNorthernCal
People trolling an article about a season ending injury are sick. You really need to take a long look in the mirror and do something with your life.
Can only think of one thing causing so many knees to break down like this, steroid abuse giving him too big of muscles that their bodies can’t naturally handle.
It’s obvious drug abuse is a consistent nature in the NFL.
Bad luck that’s about as crappy a way to start your career as can be.
Is it me, or did the NFL die this week?
That’s too bad, another horrible injury to a rookie in mini camp.
What’s up with this?
On a positive note, the New England Patriots are Super Bowl Champions.
Roger, get Wells on the phone, surely he can prove its more probable than not that the Patriots are behind this.
@carl gray I’m used to seeing dumb comments but yours may top them all. Have no clue what you mean about karma towards the broncos and how it relates to the niners. I especially have no idea how you expect to go 14-2, get home field advantage, and win the SB this year in that division. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but I don’t see it as realistic to even think niners will be wild card team in that division after losing all the players they lost plus letting Harbaugh walk. But cheers to you and your passion. I guess
He was wearing Reebok Pump shoes, but Brady snuck in and under inflated them, causing the fall and ACL tear.
“This sucks. I like to beat the Broncos, but not because their guys go down with injuries”
Don’t feel bad for the Broncos, they’re happy about this. Now they have a built-in excuse for Peyton when he chokes in the playoffs.
chargerdillon says: May 9, 2015 9:54 PM
Can only think of one thing causing so many knees to break down like this, steroid abuse giving him too big of muscles that their bodies can’t naturally handle.
It’s obvious drug abuse is a consistent nature in the NFL.
Or maybe its a rookie who just got there and is trying to make a positive impression on his Coaches, Teammates and fans by showing that he was worth the 3rd round pick spent on him. Rest and recover well young man. It was just a combonation of dumb luck and youth pushing himself too hard. Rehab and go on to have a stellar career! This from a Charger fan.
OK, maybe it’s time (or over due) that conditioning and training be examined and evaluated in all the college programs that want their players drafted into the NFL.
Or, NFL teams need to start looking and vetting the training and conditioning programs these kids are coming out of in their colleges before they draft any of these kids. I’m Sorry But MULTIPLE season ending injuries don’t occur like this unless a player is not a.) Taking care of themselves and b.) Training right. (Training and conditioning themselves like they want to be in the NFL.) And they SHOULD be learning how to do this properly and productively from their college programs.
ACLs are the new concussions.
Injuries like this can happen at any time, of course…but do they really need to be running drills in early May? Especially when these guys might not be at the peak of their conditioning?
That sucks. Now he might not be able to catch a pass from Manning if he retires after this season.
One shot to play with Peyton Manning gone. That’s gotta hurt in more ways than one. Peyton hits his TEs….
I feel bad for the guy.
trainwrecksryan says:
May 9, 2015 10:26 PM
ACLs are the new concussions.
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More like the torn UCL in baseball. Tommy John surgery for every rookie pitcher nowadays.
ACL surgery is becoming like tommy john in baseball. It’s needed way to much. I know concussions are a priority, and I get this, but knee injuries seem to be right up there. Not sure how to prevent them other than through proper training, though
Ouch. When this kid was drafted my first thought was: perfect fit. 50-60 catches for all but any other team…potential 80 catch guy in Denver.
I hate the Broncos…but this just breaks my heart. Hate to see these kids hurt right out of the gate. Bad for the game on every level. But…football is hard.
Good luck coming back, kid.
All of these pre-draft workouts by teams must be weakening players before camp.
Lol who is that 9ers fan up there going super homer about being gods team and so on, but only picked their own team to go 14-2 in the same post? If youre going to take the time and post something like that on a completely unrelated story, Go all in or don’t lol.
Is it just me, or are there more ACL injuries now than there used to be?!? SMH! Hoping and praying for speedy recoveries for both of those young men! It hurts my heart every time it happens to one of them.
Can we mandate grass already? Yeah, ok, we get it. The avg score will drop from 35-31 to 33-30 but screw the fantasy football toads.
The NFL should allow players with injures to use HGH, isn’t that what it was invented for? Thay all take it anyway and if you think most of them don’t your fooling your selfs. I want to see the best players play and if HGH gets them on the feild faster than good shoot his knee up with it and get him back out there.
Just add HGH
Fred Davis….
Too bad…Hang in there kid.
I have a hard time believing he tore his ACL just running down the field on a drill. Seems like many of these mini-camp injuries result from a little more contact on drills than is permitted under the CBA.
Good ACL’s are wasted on 32 year old non professional athletes like me. Such a shame. Get well soon.
These ACLs are breaking like crab meat. Players are in such great condition, they can broad jump right out of the combine. But the ligaments are still the same, and not built to withstand these freakish movements.
As a broncos fan, I’ve gotten used to reluctantly checking the comments section as usually about 80% of them are negative comments toward manning. I must say though, it’s very refreshing to see only 1 idiot loud mouth pats fan looking to talk isht. Not counting the delusional 9er fan. Way to be classy, pft commenters. Kudos.
Another b;own Elway draft. First round is injured and has to be a backup, second round tackle is a reach, probably won’t be any good in year one. No third round is out. Elway is not good in early rounds. A few guys have been fair, but he hasn’t had any pleasant surprises.
In fairness, he’s done well in later rounds and Free agency both rookies and vets,
But first three rounds are a disaster every year. only a couple have made the pro bowl. POOR.
Were there a lot of ACL tears in the 80s? I was just a kid but rarely remember ever hearing about them.
I’m from Northern California and every 49er fan is just like Carl Gray, That’s one reason why I’m a Raiders fan.
He must feel so deflated
Wow, these rookie mini camps must be tough. Two guys down with ACL injuries already.
Couldn’t be happier, not a big donkey fan.
@CHARGERDILLION….i agree 100 % with you. todays nutrition plus the most effective workout routines can easily be a disaster if P.E.DS are being used. its an old saying but its the same as putting a huge muscle car engine within a frame that cannot handle the stress.
putthatkoolaiddown says:
May 9, 2015 9:00 PM
They just don’t make ACLs like they used to.
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Clever post. Remarkably creative. However… Far too deep to be appreciated by some here.
500 Thumbs Up!
Speedy recovery young man. Sucks to see any young kid work to get to the nfl and suffer an injury on the first day. Hope you bounce back!
I’m willing to bet God isn’t a big fan of the Niners. The Bay Area is crawling with anti-religious libs.
Do they test for steroids in between the combine and the draft?
I blame the “NO DH rule.”
I hope these guys still get paid. With the slotting does everyone get a set amount based on draft position? If not I would not participate until I have signed.
On a positive note, the New England Patriots are Super Bowl Champions.
This ain’t the place for that stuff, man.
Hate to see a young player injured like this. Good luck to him.
….Elwaybis a tool as GM….He has one more year with Peyton at the helm and he cant find a way to resign J Thomas…Mannings favorite target in the redzone?….Broncoes finish 9-7 and dont make the playoffs
Peyton just kicked the dog and started crying. He even placed an ad for a TE in the window of his Papa John pizza shop. Maybe Elway can offer Miami a 2016 2nd round pick for Dion Sims? He’s a backup and he’s good.
couldn’t have happened to a better fan base
Too bad he wont be able to catch one of those wobbly 22 yd Bombs.
Broncs fans, We feel your pain.
I’m not suggesting the field had anything to do with this, I have no idea. But I’m wondering aloud how intensively the NFL has studied field conditions and types to determine if there’s a way to reduce the risk of these kinds of injuries.
It’s just weird to me that alot of these kids go through college at full speed in actual games and don’t tear an acl, and then in non/low contact nfl practice they tear. Maybe it’s all the pre-draft prep they do, I don’t know.
Karma for former bronco TE Shannon shapes idiotic comments.
Come at the king you best not miss.
Horrible. Here is to a 100% recovery.
Man, that just sucks…
To those curious posters that asked about ACL/Injuries in the previous decades… yes, of course the injuries were there and in fact the numbers are about the same! Artificial Turf causing/being blamed for some of them is balanced out by better real turf management. Old grass fields use to hurt many with ankle injuries and knees too. It is a fact of life and the human body has not changed that much in the last thousand years. Sorry God, but poor Engineering on this one.
The only difference is the vast amount of social media and reporting that is at our fingertips. Nonetheless, sorry to the Broncos Fans and Heuerman. This just plain sucks.
This is complete and total bravo sierra and should not happen at all. This along with the injury to Dante Fowler of the Jags should show the folly of these rookie mini camps. Is it worth all of these knee injuries to run up and down the field for special teams drills with no contact nor pads. These injuries are the fault of over zealous coaching staffs in the NFL and a handle needs to be gotten on them. All of this soft soap and sympathy is uncalled for. This one is on Kubiak and the poor player has to be cut on and rehabbed for a year or longer just to get another try at a pro dream. This is not training camp nor the regular season. No reason for it.
Tough break.
Feel bad for the kid…and Dante Fowler too.
What really sucks is that TE Fred Davis just signed elsewhere. He looked the the best “still available” option.