On Monday, the Seahawks placed second-year safety Nick Emmanwori on the lively/physically unable to perform list with none word as to what landed him there. That information got here today as ESPN’s Brady Henderson reported that the starting defender had undergone ankle surgery. Per Henderson, Emmanwori shall be forced to miss time in training camp, but he is predicted to be back in time for Week 1 of the regular season.
Though Emmanwori’s rookie season got here with many successes, it wasn’t without blemish. Before he established a consistent starting role on the league’s top defense and earned a Super Bowl ring in his first yr of play, a high right ankle sprain threatened to place a stop to Emmanwori’s rookie campaign before it could even get off the bottom. Subbing in throughout the defense’s first series of the season, he only logged 4 snaps before suffering the injury that might hold him out for the subsequent three games.
Emmanwori was in a position to return in Week 5 and play at a high level. The South Carolina-product established himself as a flexible defender, making plays everywhere in the field with 81 total tackles, nine tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, 4 quarterback hits, 11 passes defensed, and one interception.
Unfortunately, Emmanwori’s ankle became a difficulty a second time — this time, on the worst possible a part of the yr. 4 days before the Super Bowl, he suffered a low right ankle sprain in practice but was in a position to play through the injury. In the most important game of his life, Emmanwori was on the sphere for all but one in every of Seattle’s defensive snaps.
Following the victory, the Seahawks were aware that Emmanwori “might eventually require surgery,” in accordance with Henderson. They allowed him to try to manage his ankle over the offseason, but continued soreness leading into camp convinced Emmanwori to “have an arthroscopic procedure…performed earlier this month.” The versatile safety will miss a superb portion of the lead as much as the season, however the team shall be joyful to have him back and healthy on opening day.