New York Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard (3) tries to avoid a tackle by Dallas Cowboys safety Donovan Wilson (6) during the first quarter of an NFL football game, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J.
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When wide receiver Sterling Shepard went down with a non-contact injury in the Giants’ Week 3 game last season against the Dallas Cowboys, many people thought it may have been the last time we saw Shepard in a Giants uniform or perhaps even on the football field.
The seven-year veteran was three games into his comeback from an Achilles injury when disaster struck. It was just another in a long line of injuries for the talented receiver, including multiple concussions, a 2017 neck injury, multiple hamstring injuries in 2021, a quad injury the same year, the torn achilles, and now a torn ACL.
Yet, despite the myriad injuries, Shepard told Sports Illustrated last fall that he wasn’t going to let the injuries dictate when his NFL career ended.
“I’m a fighter, so I want to go out on my terms,” he said. “I don’t want something like this to make me go out. So, I’m going to fight to get my body back to where I can perform and get this thing good.”
Entering Giants minicamp this week, it appears that Shepard has made good on his word to get his body ready to be back on the field.
“I’m right on schedule where I wanted to be, a little bit ahead, so that’s always good,” he said after Tuesday’s practice. “I’m just trying to take it day-by-day and just focus on getting back to a hundred percent.”
While it’s still too early to put an exact timeline on when Shepard will be at one hundred percent, the veteran receiver is planning for it to be before Week 1.
“My goal is to be ready for the season, so whatever that takes is what I’m going to try to do,” he said. “But I’m also not going to rush it. You get to that time and I’m not feeling right, then that’s just what it’s…
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