Nick Chubb may need two surgeries to address knee injury, per report

There has been another update on the injury suffered by Cleveland Browns sta running back Nick Chubb. According to NFL insider Josina Anderson, Chubb will likely need two surgeries to address the multitude of knee injuries that occurred during the Browns’ Monday night loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

“I’m told there were initial discussions of #Browns RB Nick Chubb potentially needing 2 surgeries to address his injuries following MNF in Pittsburgh—with the 1st surgery coming w/i the next 7-10 days & the 2nd occurring several weeks after, per source. This is preliminary talk,” wrote Anderson via X.

Anderson also noted that added to the list of injuries Chubb suffered was damage to the meniscus in his knee.

Chubb’s former head coach reaches out following injury news

The Browns star running back received a ton of well-wishes from fans and teammates alike. Some individuals directly reached out to Chubb upon learning of his injury. One of those individuals is his former college head coach, Kirby Smart.

During Smart’s Tuesday press conference, the Georgia Bulldogs head coach spoke about reaching out to Chubb and shared some thoughts on his former star running back.

“Yeah, he’s an incredible human being, first and foremost,” said Smart. “What kids are going back to their high school weight room strength coach program track and works out like he does. It’s very rare in the sports world to find someone as humble and just the great person that he is.

“I reached out to him; I know he’s probably been flooded with all kinds of people reaching out to him. (I have) a lot of respect for him and what he did for this program in terms of toughness, buy-in, (and) giving back. He decided to come back when he did… he certainly did UGA a favor returning. What an outstanding year he had when he did.”

Chubb was a monster out of the backfield at Georgia. In his freshman year, he was the Bulldog’s leading rusher, carrying the ball 219 times for 1547 yards and 14 touchdowns. His stardom in college football was skyrocketing before a similar injury sidelined him for the rest of the year in 2015.

Chubb would make a full recovery returning to the field in 2016 and could have declared for the 2017 NFL Draft. Instead, he decided to return to Georgia for one more season and put together another impressive performance. In his senior year, Chubb had 223 carries for 1345 yards and 15 rushing touchdowns.