By James Parks
Alex Okafor’s excellent first season with the New Orleans Saints ended prematurely after a late injury, but the team elected to bring him back on a two year contract during the NFL’s free agency period this offseason. Now, he says, is the time to get fully rehabbed from his injury.
That’s going according to plan, the 27 year old defensive end said.
“I’m right on track,” Okafor said at the Saints’ offseason workout. “I should be ready to go by training camp, but honestly, at this point, there’s no rush. We’re just trying to take it one day at a time and make sure that when I do come back I’m right back where I was.”
Where he was, was pretty impressive. In his first season with New Orleans after coming over as a free agent from the Arizona Cardinals last offseason, Okafor made an immediate impact, and was enjoying perhaps the best outing of his NFL career before suffering the injury in a Week 11 game against the Washington Redskins.
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