Texas Tech receiver Michael Crabtree told NFL Network that he was debating whether to have an operation on a stress fracture in his left foot. He’ll need to decide soon; he has a workout day scheduled in Lubbock on March 26, and it’s hard to push yourself in the 40 on a bad wheel.
Doctors told Crabtree that the operation, which would involve the insertion of a screw, would require a recovery period of about 10 weeks. That means if he decides to go ahead with the operation, he won’t work out for scouts before the draft, which is April 25-26.
“It’s 50-50,” Crabtree said of the operation Tuesday. “I’m going to take some time and evaluate it.”
The foot injury is only the latest question about Crabtree, who could be the best receiver prospect in the draft. He was measured at 6 feet 1 inch at the combine — two inches shorter than Texas Tech had him listed, and the stress fracture comes on the heels on an ankle injury that bothered him last season.
And if you’re a receiver hoping to go high in the draft, the one thing you don’t want scouts to find out about you is that you’re short and injury-prone.
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