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Late pick may need surgery
Texas A&M's Jolly has ankle injury
By TODD ROSIAK and LORI NICKEL
Green Bay - The Green Bay Packers rolled the dice a bit by selecting Texas A&M defensive tackle Johnny Jolly with the first of their two sixth-round picks
The 6-foot-3, 317-pound Jolly injured an ankle just a few days before the NFL scouting combine in March, according to agent Brian Overstreet, and there's a good possibility he'll require surgery to correct the condition.
"I don't think it's anything but a scope. He's not having, like, major ankle surgery," Overstreet said. "It's something that'll keep him out a couple weeks. It's a high ankle (sprain) that has a few bone fragments. They just have to go in with a scope and clean it out. One of my other clients that plays for the Steelers had a similar injury, Casey Hampton, and he was out maybe two weeks. He was running full-speed in three weeks, 3½ weeks."
Coach Mike McCarthy indicated that the Packers were aware of the injury before selecting Jolly and that it was a factor in his falling to the Packers in the sixth round.
"Jolly's a good football player. He's had an injury, (which) is why he has slipped," McCarthy said. "But you watch him on film, he's a very active player. Plays with excellent balance. And I think he'll have a chance to compete for an inside position."
Jolly, who started every game for the Aggies last season, ran a 5.10-second 40-yard dash at 310 pounds before the 2005 season, but clocked a 5.41 and registered a broad jump of 8 feet 8 inches at the combine after deciding to take part despite the injury. He chose not to do the vertical jump, shuttle run or bench press.
"It put him in a situation where initially he wasn't going to work out, but being the competitor that he is he had been working out the whole time. He wanted to work out," said Overstreet, who also represents Packers and former Texas A&M players Robert Ferguson and Mike Montgomery. "What do you do, not work out and have no numbers or work out and have poor numbers? It was kind of a Catch-22. He had first-day draft status."
Texas A&M's Jolly has ankle injury
By TODD ROSIAK and LORI NICKEL
Green Bay - The Green Bay Packers rolled the dice a bit by selecting Texas A&M defensive tackle Johnny Jolly with the first of their two sixth-round picks
The 6-foot-3, 317-pound Jolly injured an ankle just a few days before the NFL scouting combine in March, according to agent Brian Overstreet, and there's a good possibility he'll require surgery to correct the condition.
"I don't think it's anything but a scope. He's not having, like, major ankle surgery," Overstreet said. "It's something that'll keep him out a couple weeks. It's a high ankle (sprain) that has a few bone fragments. They just have to go in with a scope and clean it out. One of my other clients that plays for the Steelers had a similar injury, Casey Hampton, and he was out maybe two weeks. He was running full-speed in three weeks, 3½ weeks."
Coach Mike McCarthy indicated that the Packers were aware of the injury before selecting Jolly and that it was a factor in his falling to the Packers in the sixth round.
"Jolly's a good football player. He's had an injury, (which) is why he has slipped," McCarthy said. "But you watch him on film, he's a very active player. Plays with excellent balance. And I think he'll have a chance to compete for an inside position."
Jolly, who started every game for the Aggies last season, ran a 5.10-second 40-yard dash at 310 pounds before the 2005 season, but clocked a 5.41 and registered a broad jump of 8 feet 8 inches at the combine after deciding to take part despite the injury. He chose not to do the vertical jump, shuttle run or bench press.
"It put him in a situation where initially he wasn't going to work out, but being the competitor that he is he had been working out the whole time. He wanted to work out," said Overstreet, who also represents Packers and former Texas A&M players Robert Ferguson and Mike Montgomery. "What do you do, not work out and have no numbers or work out and have poor numbers? It was kind of a Catch-22. He had first-day draft status."
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