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Derrick Rose Rcl Injury

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ACL injury had a lasting effect on them. The first athlete that will be studied is Derrick Rose. Derrick Rose is a professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls. Before his ACL injury, Derrick Rose spent one year in college and attended the University of Memphis. In his time at Memphis, as an eighteen year old, Rose averaged nearly 15 points and 5 assists per game as the starting point guard (Sports Reference LLC, 2000-2016 A). Rose led his team to the national championship game as a freshman, and eventually was drafter first overall into the NBA to play for the Chicago Bulls. In his first three seasons in the NBA, Rose had massive success. He earned the honor of being Rookie of the Year and led his team to the playoffs for 4 straight …show more content…

Tom Brady is a professional football player. He plays quarterback for the New England Patriots. At the beginning of his career, he was a backup, so the statistics prior the year 2001 will not be examined. But, in 2001, Tom Brady had fairly good statistics for a young quarterback. In his first season, Brady averaged a 63.9% pass completion rate, 189.5 yards thrown per game, threw for 18 touchdowns, and had an average quarterback rating (QBR) of 86.5 (NFL Enterprises LLC., 2016). The QBR is a statistic run by the NFL which takes into account many factors of play from a quarterback and gives an all-around efficiency rating. The average QBR is 100. In 2001, Brady also led his team to his first Super Bowl win. From there, Brady steadily increased or maintained his high quality statistics through the 2007 season, winning two more Super Bowls in 2003 and 2004 (2016 A). Then in the first game of the New England Patriots’ 2008 season, Brady was hit in the lateral side of his knee as he was planting to make a pass. Immediately, Brady fell to the ground and the training staff rushed onto the field. It would later be announced that Brady had torn his MCL and ACL. Brady’s recovery from his injury would turn out to be vastly different from that of Derrick …show more content…

This is the exact opposite of what happened with Derrick Rose. Brady’s surgeon was quoted as saying, “Let’s face it, guys that are athletes like him, they’re strung together different” (Farmer, 2009). This is apparently true with the averages that Brady has kept up even through the 2015-16 NFL season. Something about Tom Brady let him excel in his sport, even after a catastrophic injury. This was most likely due to his mental strength that was alluded to by his surgeon. Brady did not allow himself to get into the negative train of thought that can come from an injury. This seemed to have a drastic impact on the lasting effects of his ACL

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