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Minnesota Football: Mitch Leidner feels a lot better after surgery

Related Topics: Surgery, Ligament

In case you thought all the talk about Mitch being hurt last year was overblown, I direct you to this tweet:

/shudders

Yes, that’s actually Mitch’s foot following his surgery. No, that doesn’t look fun at all. What got Mitch to the point of needing all...that? Well, here’s a description from Andy Greder of the PiPress:

Mitch Leidner first tore a ligament in his left foot against Texas Christian.

[snip]

He ripped it, and played through it, in 2014.

Then in the first week of the 2015 preseason camp, he tore another ligament.