More than 20% of ACL tears never return to the NFL either. But how many stars or 1st round draft picks can you name that never returned from an ACL injury?

Demaryius Thomas is a very young 1st round draft pick. His salary is guaranteed. He will have all available money, team supoort and as much time as needed to get past this injury.

I’d bet dollars to doughnuts that 95% of those that never returned weren’t in anything near as good of a situation as he is. Some were likely too old. Some were likely not good enough to begin with. And many more weren’t as high of a resource to where their team gave them all the support they needed. I hope D. Thomas will be back as an all star; I have no doubt he’ll be back.