The Green Bay Packers have a lot of young and very promising talent on their roster. Injuries, however, have been a major concern for this squad over the past couple of seasons.
Case in point is incoming fourth-year cornerback Eric Stokes, whose 2023 campaign was hampered by a lingering hamstring injury. At this point, however, the 25-year-old is determined to make up for lost time now that he’s back at full strength.
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Stokes’ injury-plagued season last term stems back to this sophomore year when he suffered leg and foot injuries. Apparently, the hamstring injury he dealt with in 2023 was related to his injuries.
The good news for Stokes is that he’s now healthy again — and he’s definitely looking to make a bang in his return:
“After playing just 12 games over the past two seasons, it would be easy to write off the 2021 first-round pick as an injury bust who will never work his way back into the lineup. But after battling knee, foot and hamstring issues, he made it through the entire offseason program and is poised to win a starting job back.
“I just say this is my story and I’m embracing it,” Stokes said. “I’m embracing the full story. I ain’t going to feel sorry for myself. At the end of the day, I’m blessed. I’m one of the people in this locker room. … I’m definitely blessed just to have a story,'” Demosky wrote.
As he said, Stokes is blessed to have the opportunity to change the trajectory of his career. Injuries have prevented him from reaching his true potential thus far, but the silver lining here is that he still has a long way to go in what is a very promising career.
2024 could be his year.
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