Playing football in the NFL is hard enough. Playing blind should make it near-impossible, but New York Giants cornerback Dru Phillips apparently didn’t get the memo. The second-year slot defender had a quietly impressive rookie campaign, despite playing with contacts he hated and blurry vision he admits made tracking the ball a problem.
Phillips took care of that this offseason by getting LASIK. No more contacts. No more irritation. No more excuse for not finding the football when it’s in the air. When asked about the procedure’s impact, the 23-year-old summed it up like someone who has been waiting a long time to say it:
“I was kind of blind before, hated wearing contacts.