NFL star played through entire game with torn ACL - and didn't even realise

Houston Texans choky extremity Brevin Jordan has been ruled retired for the remainder of the NFL play aft it was revealed helium played done a torn ACL successful the triumph implicit the Chicago Bears

Houston Texans choky extremity Brevin Jordan unwittingly soldiered done a crippled with a torn ACL.

The Texans clinched a 19-13 triumph against the Chicago Bears connected Sunday, shooting to a 2-0 commencement this season. However, the triumph was overshadowed by quality of Jordan's unexpected wounded revelation. He volition present miss the remainder of the NFL season.

Jordan, successful the pivotal past twelvemonth of his rookie woody and anxious to amusement his mettle, landed connected the injured reserve database aft sustaining the genu problem. Despite the injury, Jordan completed Sunday's game, adjacent securing a four-yard drawback without realizing the injury.

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"It's what we do," Jordan wrote successful a station connected X. "We modern time gladiators. I played the full game, not knowing which play oregon when, but with a torn ACL and didn't adjacent cognize until the adjacent day. I emotion this shot ---- truthful overmuch bro. Everything astir it. And I'm looking guardant to coming backmost amended past ever."

Prior to his injury, Jordan had clocked up 2 receptions for 7 yards crossed the archetypal 2 games. Initially the second-string to Dalton Schulz, Jordan had progressively shared playtime implicit the preceding seasons.

Excelling successful the erstwhile play with 17 catches for a coagulated 219 yards, Jordan had made his people peculiarly during the chaotic paper showdown wherever helium bagged a 76-yard touchdown disconnected a abbreviated walk from CJ Stroud against the Cleveland Browns.

Stroud was visibly moved by Jordan's caller injury, revering his power some connected the transportation and wrong the squad spirit. He shared with journalists: "If you privation to speech astir the heartbeat of this team, it's conscionable who helium is.

"Somebody who loves hard and helium loves everyone successful this building. He loves shot and I deliberation helium was truly getting his momentum connected conscionable who helium wanted to beryllium successful this league and however helium wanted to attack practice.

"Praying for him and I cognize he's a faith-based antheral and God makes nary mistakes and helium knows that, truthful I'm not disquieted astir him but I americium going to beryllium a member that helium tin thin on. I emotion Brev and helium is my member for the remainder of my life. I cognize that he'll beryllium backmost soon and he'll bash large things erstwhile helium comes back."

Texans caput manager DeMeco Ryans added: "It's truly heartbreaking losing Brevin. He was connected his mode to a breakout year. I consciousness atrocious for Brevin and the injury. Any clip these guys spell done these injuries, it's ever tough, truthful archetypal happening first, it's astir Brevin and him conscionable attacking rehab the close mode and getting backmost arsenic soon arsenic helium can."

The Texans are acceptable to look the arsenic undefeated Minnesota Vikings successful a thrilling cross-conference showdown astatine US Bank Stadium connected Sunday, September 20.