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How Cooper DeJean stayed ready while on the shelf originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Cooper DeJean wore a little grin on Tuesday afternoon.
He was happy to be back.
“Great,” DeJean said after his first day of training camp practice in the NFL. “Felt great to be back out there a little bit, get moving around with the guys, just to be back out there and do football drills with all them, be back out there with my teammates. It’s good.”
DeJean, 21, suffered a hamstring injury while training back in Iowa this offseason and missed the first three weeks of Eagles training camp. But on Tuesday, the second-round pick was removed from the Non-Football Injury list and was back at practice.
In the joint session against the Patriots, DeJean went through just individual drills as part of the team’s plan to ramp him up to being a full participant. But he said the hamstring held up fine. DeJean was just happy to be back out there — it was a long three weeks.
“I was pretty upset,” DeJean said. “I obviously wasn’t able to start my first NFL camp. But rehab has been good. Trainers have been doing a great job, helping me get back. Don’t want to rush something like this. It’s a long season. But rehab has been going well.”
Even though DeJean wasn’t able to practice over the last few weeks, he remained diligent. Injuries aren’t fun, but it allowed him to see practice from a different perspective.
The same thing happened to him last year when his final at Iowa ended early after fracturing his fibula.
“As a football player and a competitor you want to be out there every single time the team gets a chance to compete,” DeJean said. “But I’ve been doing a lot of watching, which is a little frustrating but also helps me learn from a different perspective. I can watch film with the guys in the room and talk through things and learn that way as well.”
Because of that injury in college, Tuesday was actually DeJean’s first time…
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Author : NBC Sports Philadelphia
Publish date : 2024-08-14 11:00:00
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