AIDAN Hutchinson could be on track to return to NFL action sooner than anybody expected.
The Detroit Lions superstar fractured both his tibia and fibula were in October.
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Anyone who saw Hutchinson’s leg snap against the Dallas Cowboys probably thought he wouldn’t play football again for at least a year.
But his recovery from his season-ending broken fibula and tibia has just about reached the finished line before off-season training.
And the 24-year-old hinted at an imminent return to action.
Hutchinson gave an update on where things stand during an interview from The Masters golf tournament last week.
He simply said: “I’m there. I’d say I’m good.
“I’ve got my last evaluation tests when I get back — I leave today and I go back tomorrow to the rehab — I’m gonna finish those evals and once I knock them out of the park.
“I’ll be on my way and done with rehab. It was a long process, I’ll tell you that.”
Hutchinson said there were “pretty rough” moments early on the process.
And he has a newfound appreciation for what his body is capable of doing.
That body has progressed to a point where Hutchinson said that his next stop was to officially put an end to the rehabilitation process.
It comes after the Lions defensive end posted a video of himself sprinting in February.
He had hopes of returning for the postseason if the Lions made a long playoff run.
But his mom told him “there was no way”.
Hutchinson suffered the injury during the Lions’ Week 6 contest against the Cowboys.
He was sacking quarterback Dak Prescott when his leg appeared to snap when it collided with his teammate Alim McNeill.
Both his tibia and fibula were fractured in the injury.
Since Hutchinson got injured, the Lions seem to be cursed with more and more players going down.
David Montgomery, Carlton Davis, Alim McNeill, and Khalil Dorsey all missed the end of the season through injury.
The Lions still finished as the No 1 seed in the NFC with a 15-2 record, but they lost 31-45 in the Divisional Playoffs to the Commanders.
