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Achilles injuries spiked during 2011 lockout, and one just cost a Lions rookie his season

Rookie defensive lineman Jashon Cornell's season is over.

The Detroit Lions placed Cornell on injured reserve Thursday, two days after he suffered an Achilles tendon injury in practice.

Cornell, a seventh-round pick out of Ohio State, was injured during a one-on-one pass rush drill.

His injury was the type of non- or minimal-contact injury that spiked during the 2011 lockout, when players did not have a formal offseason program, and that NFL teams were worried about this summer.

In 2011, 10 players suffered ruptured Achilles tendons in the first 12 days of post-lockout practice, including five rookies, according to the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy.