INDIANAPOLIS — Three months removed from a gruesome, season-ending leg fracture, former Florida State quarterback and NFL prospect Jordan Travis said he’s going to be healthy for his rookie NFL season, and he “should be ready” by May or June.
“Obviously the first question [NFL teams] ask is, am I going to be healthy? I mean, obviously that’s the first thing,” Travis said at the NFL combine on Friday. “I’m going to be healthy, a hundred percent.”
Travis, who fractured his leg against North Alabama on Nov. 18, got his walking boot off a week before traveling to Indianapolis for the annual scouting combine.
“I knew there was going to be a day,” Travis said of the long wait to shed the boot. “I didn’t know when the day was going to be, but all glory to God, glory to my family because I mean, I couldn’t do it without them. My friends, they pushed me every single day. Every day I wake up, I mean, it’s a struggle when you have a boot on your foot, you got to sleep with a big boot on. So having my two shoes on right now, I’m so grateful. And there’s no complaints over here.”
And while he didn’t get into specifics of his recovery timeline, Travis expressed optimism that he’d be good to go before NFL training camps get underway in late July.
“At this point I’m taking it day by day,” Travis said Friday morning. “I got out of my boot about a week ago, so I mean, it’s pretty special. I’m so thankful to wake up every single day. I looked down in my shoes, and I’m so grateful. It’s been a journey for sure. My family’s helped me get through it. But yeah, I mean, I should be ready by May. That’s my goal. May, June, so I’m ready for it.”
Prior to his injury, Travis was a Heisman hopeful with 20 touchdowns to two interceptions as he quarterbacked an undefeated Florida State team. Because of his injury, though, the Seminoles were left out of the College Football Playoff.
But now on to the next phase in his football journey, Travis, 23, was succinct in his vision for his NFL career.
“To win a lot of games, man,” he said. “To help a team win a lot of games, help push the guys around me and help lead guys around me.”
Source : ESPN
