Washington Football Team RB Bryce Love returns to practice
In his second NFL season, Washington Football Team running back Bryce Love continues to work his way back from a torn ACL.
Love suffered the ACL tear in his final year at Stanford, where he rushed for 739 yards and six scores in only 10 games. Love was at one point arguably the best running back in college football but after his injury, he simply hopes to get back on the field in 2020 for the Washington Football Team.
Washington took a gamble when they drafted an injured Bryce Love in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft, knowing he wouldn’t be able to contribute right away. Love spent his entire rookie season on injured reserve while he rehabbed his knee, essentially using 2019 as a medical redshirt year.
Coming into 2020, Washington’s plan was to take it slow with Love to make sure he was fully healthy before stepping onto the field. Often times, we see players come back from ligament injuries too quickly, struggle early on, and wind up hurt again; see Robert Griffin III in 2012 and 2013. So treating Bryce Love with kid gloves was seemingly the right thing to do.
Washington’s handling of Love and his recovery might be about to pay off, as Love returned to practice on Wednesday, officially giving him a path to getting game reps in 2020. Although Love is starting to get on field work in, his journey back to the active roster isn’t quite done yet. According to NBC Sports Washington’s J.P. Finlay, Washington now has three weeks to see how Bryce Love looks in practice to see if they want to re-instate him off of injured reserve.
Bryce Love will be back at practice today for Washington, per source. 4th rounder in 2019 still yet to play in the NFL. Team has 3 weeks to see how he looks, still working back from knee injury. @NickiJhabvala 1st.
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) November 11, 2020
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Should the former Heisman candidate come off of injured reserve, he will join a backfield made up of rookie standout Antonio Gibson, J.D. Mckissic, and Peyton Barber. Only Gibson has shown any consistent production through eight games, and should Love show flashes, he could cement himself in the No. 2 role behind Washington’s lead back for beyond just the 2020 season.