Vick Ballard has torn Achilles tendon

[Emily Diana]

- Vick Ballard has torn Achilles tendon -

"Indianapolis Colts running back Vick Ballard has suffered a torn left Achilles tendon, a source told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen. Ballard was scheduled to undergo an MRI after suffering a left leg injury in practice Friday. He left the practice field on a golf cart.

"When you see someone like Vick Ballard go down who's worked so hard to get back, it's tough, but it happens," Colts owner Jim Irsay said. "As soon as you get to camp, those things happen. He's still young, and he's got a full career ahead of him, so we have to do an MRI and see exactly what it is and then go from there." ...

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11265394/vick-ballard-indianapolis-colts-torn-achilles-tendon

[beastlyskronk]

Well that sucks, was looking forward to watching him play

[allthings18]

It's tough on a guy like that to ever recover.
Tough on a team to lose their best back in back to back years as well.

[91bronco]

Poor guy.

On a side note, why is Jim Irsay commenting on anything???

[ruksak]

Tough on a team to lose their best back in back to back years as well.

What's tough is that our best back isn't the #3 overall we traded for.

Bradshaw should be quite a presence, and so long as he stays healthy, we're in good shape in the backfield. Ballard is a gifted runner, great vision and awareness. He really shows potential.