Perhaps Mike Brown isn't so Semi-Retired?

[AtomicBlaze]

(05-07-2021, 07:18 AM)TJHoushmandzadeh Wrote: Examples are individual data points. Looking at the complete data is surely far more helpful.


80% chance from which point? If you're talking about players who have yet to have the surgery that is a bigger risk than if you are talking about players like Carman who are further along the process having already had surgery and been medically cleared to return.

Here is the information from the study:

Of the 559 athletes included in this study, 79.4% returned to play after an orthopedic procedure (range, 50.0%-96.3%). Players who underwent surgical procedures for tendon injuries had significantly lower return to play rates (50%) than players who had bony injuries or sports hernia (90.2%-96.3%), Dr. Hsu said. Patellar tendon repair, in particular, had the greatest effect on NFL careers, with anterior cruciate ligament repair and Achilles tendon repair also having a strong impact on players’ careers. The return to play rate following lumbar discectomy was 73%.