With his cancer -- hopefully -- a thing of the past, Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich took the next major step toward returning to the football field recently, the Boston Globe is reporting.
According to BC head coach Frank Spaziani, the LB underwent surgery to have a rod surgically inserted into his left leg on Monday. It’s the same leg where the cancer was found, and now the hope is that the rod will allow him to play football again.
“His father called me and told me everything went fine and he’s going to rejoin us this week [in Maryland],’' said BC coach Frank Spaziani.
There were concerns that, even if he did beat cancer, he would never be able to play football again because the leg had been weakened so much. The rod should take care of that issue.
“There’s always a risk the bone was weakened,” said Herzlich, who heard initial reports that even if he was cancer-free, his football career might be over. “The doctor said when he puts a rod in, he never expects it to break.”