Vikings rookie wide receiver Greg Childs will miss the 2012 season after tearing both patellar tendons on Saturday.
Vikings Waive Greg Childs After Injury
The Vikings waived Greg Childs as injured on Monday, and he will revert to injured reserve if he clears NFL waivers. Teams have 24 hours to put in a waiver claim if they’re so inclined, but typically teams don’t go down that road and follow an unwritten rule of not claiming waived/injured players.
Childs is expected to have surgery later in the week.
Read Article >Greg Childs Injury: Knee Injury Puts Vikings Rookie Out For The Season
The seriousness of Childs’ injury is hard to understate. He tore his patellar tendon during his junior season at the University of Arkansas. He did play in 2011, struggling on the field as he slowly got back to 100 percent.
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Read Article >Vikings Rookie Greg Childs Carted Off With Apparent Knee Injury
EDEN PRAIRIE, MN - MAY 4: Greg Childs #85 of the Minnesota Vikings makes a catch during a rookie minicamp on May 4, 2012 at Winter Park in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) Getty ImagesThe injury would be the second major knee injury Childs has suffered in less than two years. He tore his patellar tendon in October of 2010 while he was playing at Arkansas.
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