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Jaelin Llewellyn updates his recovery from ACL surgery

IMG_0985by:Griffin McVeigh•05/17/23•

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University of Michigan's Jaelin Llewellyn helped off court from the team medic and head of strength and conditioning coach Jon Sanderson during the Basketball Hall of Fame London Showcase between University of Kentucky and University of Michigan at The O2 Arena on December 4, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Hannah Fountain - CameraSport via Getty Images)

Juwan Howard grabbed Jaelin Llewellyn out of the NCAA transfer portal before the 2022-2023 season and was going to play a key role for Michigan. Being an Ivy League transfer via Princeton, Llewellyn was hoping his scoring would translate to the Big Ten. Unfortunately, he only got to see eight games before tearing his ACL.

Llewellyn went down on Dec. 12 when Michigan was facing off against Kentucky. Since then, everyone has been about record, hoping to get back onto the court. The process is going well for Llewellyn, who has been back on the court recently.

“I definitely think I am on my way to getting back out there,” Llewellyn said. “I’ve just started again back on the court in the past couple of weeks and doing stuff. More and more athletic things like leg raises and doing stuff the past couple of months since surgery. But it feels good to be moving more and it’s not that fast yet but I will get there.”

ACL injuries used to take nearly a year to recover from. However, as they have been more common throughout different sports, athletes are getting back onto the field/court in quicker fashion. It’s all thanks to the detailed rehab plan they go through.

Llewellyn was then asked to describe what his daily work of recovery looks like. His plan usually runs Monday through Friday but there are still opportunities to get work in over the weekend.

“Today, I had a lift at 10,” Llewellyn said. “I went back and did some application work. And then rehab and then I get shots up either before or after rehab. I’m doing something every day. I’m on a five day play for rehab and then I get the weekend off but I still try to get some shots up.”

In his eight games played, Llewellyn averaged 7.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game. A season-high 12 points came against Eastern Michigan in the second game of the year. The numbers were better during his time at Princeton but there was just not enough time to get comfortable in Ann Arbor before the injury occurred.

Llewellyn might be in the middle of recovery but is hoping to be back on the court when Michigan tips off the 2023-2024 season. In some sense, it will be like another new piece is being added to the roster for the Wolverines.