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Jaelin Llewellyn reveals how hard it was to get torn ACL diagnosis

On3-Social-Profile_GRAYby:On3 Staff Report•12/14/22
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Michigan guard Jaelin Llewellyn is helped off the floor after suffering a knee injury in a game on Dec. 4, 2022. (Hannah Fountain / CameraSport / Getty Images)

Michigan lost one of its key offseason additions for the season when Princeton transfer Jaelin Llewellyn suffered a torn ACL in a 73-69 loss to Kentucky on Dec. 4.

Llewellyn went down with a non-contact left knee injury and doctors determined he had suffered a torn ACL that would end his season with the Wolverines.

“It was torn ACL, and then what went through my mind was definitely challenging, because it’s not what I wanted from this year,” Llewellyn said. “I wanted to be able to play the rest of the season with these guys. But I’ve been in a long rehab situation before, so I’ll be able to bounce back.”

Llewellyn had averaged more than 15 points per game at Princeton in each of the last two seasons before transferring to Michigan as a graduate transfer ahead of the 2022-23 campaign.

Despite the setback, though, Llewellyn has managed to keep a positive attitude and a day-by-day approach despite not knowing exactly what his plans for the future are.

Some of that is simply a product of experience.

“I’ve torn my Achilles before,” Llewellyn said.

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Enter freshman Dug McDaniels.

He was electric in a win at Minnesota on Thursday, scoring 15 points, dishing out seven assists, all while recording three steals and two rebounds.

“I felt free playing,” McDaniel said, according to reporting done by Chris Balas of The Wolverine on the On3 Network. “I was having fun, smiling …

McDaniel told the Big Ten Network in a postgame interview everything he did was for Llewellyn.

“He’s going to have some freshman up and downs,” Michigan coach Juwan Howard said. “But tonight was a great start for him.”

Michigan will be back in action on Saturday with a home game at Lipscomb that tips off at 4 p.m. ET.