Linebacker Ulysees Gilbert III’s rookie season was cut short due to a back injury last season, shelving him for the back half of 2019. ESPN’s Brooke Pryor has provided an update, and bit of good news, on his injury.
According to Pryor, Gilbert suffered a fractured vertebra, an injury that had bothered him dating back to college.
“The chronic pain radiating in his hip area and lower back told him something was wrong, but it was also a pain the rookie had felt on and off since college. His hip never stopped hurting through training camp, the preseason and 150 special-teams snaps of the 2019 regular season.