So just because they happen often they're not critical anymore? If you ever had to go through one, you'd think otherwise. This kid is going to be slowed by an injury before he ever gets a chance to prove himself in the NFL.
Having gone through it myself, I'm amazed at how quickly guys come back from it now. Yea, they are elite athletes and I'm no where near there. And yea, they have access to the most advance medicine and I didn't.
But my knee still bugs me to this day and it's been several years since I got it fixed.
Hopefully it's not too bad. But ACL injuries can be difficult to come back from... still. It just depends on how sever the tear was.