Last Friday, Ole Miss defensive end Fadol Brown sent this out on his Instagram.
That footage of him mowing down practice dummies is significant because up until two days prior, he’d been waddling around in a walking boot. Brown, who took part in individual drills on Tuesday but was held out of the team portion, has taken a surprisingly long time to recover from a stress fracture that sidelined him for two of the final three games of 2015-16 and required surgery back in December.
Getting him back healthy could be the deciding factor in slowing down Dalvin Cook and Florida State’s run-heavy attack in the season opener.