Ryan Shazier was carted off the field after suffering a scary spinal injury in December 2017 against the Bengals and spent nearly three months in the hospital before being released to continue rehab at home.
Over the past year and a half, Shazier has made tremendous progress and served as a spectacular inspiration with every step he’s taken in the rehab process — while also providing a reminder of how dangerous football can be. Shazier returned at last year’s NFL Draft to walk to the podium, and that he was able to walk again was a testament to his effort and commitment to rehab.
However, Shazier has done far more than just walk again, and on Sunday he provided yet another update on is progress with a video of him doing an impressive box jump.
We all #SHALIEVE.
🎥: @RyanShazier pic.twitter.com/wrYAJoxKGa
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) April 7, 2019
That Shazier is capable of this a year and a half after suffering a spinal cord injury that left him unable to walk for months is truly unbelievable and inspiring. Shazier’s stated goal has been to return to the football field and he’s clearly putting in a tremendous amount of work to get back into football shape. Whether he can make it back to being medically cleared to play or not, what he’s done to just get to this point has been amazing.
