‘I know this because I did it’ – Former Vols star breaks down Jermod McCoy’s ACL rehab video
Tennessee Vols fans got a welcome surprise on Friday morning. Vols cornerback Jermod McCoy, who is recovering from a torn ACL he suffered earlier this winter, returned to practice (for individual drills) on Friday. There’s still no timetable for McCoy’s full return to action, but his return to practice on Friday is a huge step […]
Tennessee Vols fans got a welcome surprise on Friday morning.
Vols cornerback Jermod McCoy, who is recovering from a torn ACL he suffered earlier this winter, returned to practice (for individual drills) on Friday.
There’s still no timetable for McCoy’s full return to action, but his return to practice on Friday is a huge step in his rehab.
Former Vols basketball star Ron Slay joined 104.5 The Zone’s Ramon and Will on Friday and he broke down what he saw in McCoy’s rehab video.
Slay has unique insight when it comes to recovering from an ACL injury as he suffered a torn ACL during his junior season at Tennessee.
“First of all, he looks good,” said Slay. “Just to have the confidence to get out there and explode out, you know, maybe do some routine runs, I think that’s great. Me, personally, when I came out of it, I was like — I don’t say people should do this — I was sneaking back out and playing five months out (from surgery). Just because I felt great. I was attacking the rehab. I felt good. But I would leave Knoxville, come down to Nashville, and go to Lebanon….we would all go out there and be playing in the gym, just one on one. And I’m not even released to be doing it.
“So my biggest thing was, man, you got to get over this fear of the instinct of movement. What they’re doing with Jermod McCoy is all routine movement. It’s all catered [to McCoy’s rehab], like, ‘Okay, we’re going back pedal, just kind of shadow me, you know’….And he’s doing a good job of that. When I’m being picky and picking it out, the left leg — I’m thinking it’s his left leg, I’m pretty sure, because it looks a little smaller — there’s just a tiny bit of a drag on it. And I know this because I did it. And you don’t really realize until you can see it on camera and somebody’s recording. I didn’t notice it until I got on the track, and somebody recorded me from behind, of what I was doing with my knee when I was running, when I was decelerating, when I was accelerating. In the maximum of our run, I was cool because I was taking my knees up and I was concentrating [on] high knees. But when I would decelerate, you can see my left leg powering down while my right was kind of like putting the brakes on, if that makes sense.”
“So I don’t see a funny gait in his run,” continued Slay. “I think his hips are aligned perfectly. I think that’s good. That’s one of the best things, because you don’t want to start leaning or limping, which you don’t see. It’s just a little — and I’m telling y’all right now, I am being extra picky — it is a small drag. And if you go back and look at the video, you’ll be able to see it. His left leg, it’s just a little bit.
“The next question is, instinctively, when guys change direction, he plants in, the receiver, like he’s going on a slant and cuts out and you bite on the slant, and instinctively, you got to get back out of your break to go cover that out. Like, what’s your reaction to that? That’s the biggest thing. My biggest thing is when they finally released me on June 1, at the six month mark, I was playing summer league here, and I told Marcus, man, don’t show me what you’re gonna do. If we’re on a fast break two on one, throw it. Like, just make me go get it. And we were playing Summer League, and I’ll never forget, we’re at the Andrew Jackson Boys and Girls Club in North Nashville, playing in the summer league. We’re on a two on one break, and I thought he was going to bounce it, he threw it up, and I jumped off of my left knee. And I’ve never been a one leg jumper, but instinctively I went up, caught it and dunked it. And right then, I said, ‘Oh yeah, I’m back’. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. So there’s going to be something in practice or when he gets back for a game that is going to hit him — hopefully before the game — but it’s going to hit him, and he’s gonna be like, ‘Oh yeah, I’m back’, and he’s gonna release everything and he’s going to be a full go.”
We’ll see how McCoy’s rehab progresses over the next several weeks. Slay’s comments, though, should help explain what McCoy will be experiencing as he gradually returns to action.
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