GREEN BAY – Kyler Fackrell’s life came into focus in the weeks and months after he tore his anterior cruciate ligament on Aug. 31, 2014.
Long before the Packers selected the Utah State linebacker in the third round of Friday night’s NFL Draft, Fackrell and his wife, Elizabeth, were busy dealing with fallout of his knee injury, while anxiously awaiting the birth of their daughter, Delaney.
As devastating as it was for Fackrell’s redshirt junior season to be over following the Aggies’ season-opener against Tennessee, Elizabeth’s situation soon became more precarious.
Her pregnancy was difficult.