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Bengals' first-round pick WR John Ross fights durability perception

The Enquirer/Sam Greene

John Ross couldn’t believe his phone.

He knew his injuries. In January of 2015 he had surgery on his right lateral meniscus. In April of 2015 he had surgery for a torn ACL. Five games into last season he tore the labrum in his shoulder, played through it for nine games and underwent surgery in March after the Combine.

Those were his facts.

Yet, when people started texting about what was circulating it sounded quite different.

“People were saying I tore both my ACLs, I was playing on an MCL sprain,” Ross said during his arrival to Cincinnati after being selected No.