Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III's recovery rate has impressed renown sports surgeon Dr. James Andrews, who recently performed knee surgery on the injured rookie of the year winner. Andrews told ESPN's Stephania Bell on Friday how remarkable Griffin's post-surgery healing process has been thus far.
"I've been real mum on talking too much about RG III," Dr. Andrews said. "He wants his recovery to be fairly private but I can tell you he's way ahead of schedule. His recovery has been unbelievable so far."
"RG III is one those superhumans," Andrews said. "First patient I ever had like that was Bo Jackson. And recently I, of course, had Adrian Peterson, who is also superhuman. They have an unbelievable ability to recover, where as a normal human being may not be able to recover."
Andrews repaired two of Griffin's knee ligaments on Jan. 9, was speaking to ESPN for an upcoming feature on former South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore, who is rehabbing with Griffin to prepare for the NFL draft after facing season ending knee surgery.
Griffin suffered a sprained LCL in Washington's Week 14 win against the Baltimore Ravens, but returned to action just two games later. He then tore his LCL and ACL in a first-round playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks.
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