It took a lot for Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebacker Devin Bush to be on the field and suited up for the season opener in September. He was less than 12 months removed from having torn his ACL, a significant injury that can have a variable timeline of recovery from player to player—and that’s just to get back on the field, not even to be back to your proverbial old self.
Having a major injury like that, especially at an early part of your career as Bush was in his second season, can be as mentally challenging as it is physically, and with the pandemic and corresponding protocols put in place, the isolation factor grew even stronger for him, which he talked about with Teresa Varley for the team’s website, upon receiving the Ed Block Courage Award.