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DJ Matthews, Indiana wide receiver, feeling more ‘like myself’ ahead of 2022 season
By Ethan Stone
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DJ Matthews started 4 games for Indiana before a knee injury brought his 5th season in college football to a screeching halt. Now, he returns for his 6th and final year with plenty to prove.
On Sunday Matthews told Zach Osterman of the Indy Star that he was starting to feel like himself again for the first time since his injury against Western Kentucky.
DJ Matthews said Sunday was the day he felt “like myself” with no hang ups or hesitation because of the injury. Has been full go pretty much all of camp, but has been limited to protect his health (and because he’s a veteran who doesn’t need as many reps anyway). #iufb
— Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman) August 15, 2022
That injury, an ACL tear after a strong start to the season in 2021, was a strange feeling for Matthews. He recalled the helpless feeling on Monday.
“It was a feeling I’d never felt before,” Matthews told Dustin Dopirak of the Bloomington Herald-Times. “I usually bounce right up and I didn’t bounce right up.”
https://twitter.com/DustinDopirak/status/1559217982848524289?s=20&t=-yGbDX_Ag_HtGwuMm-mQIA
Ethan Stone was an editor for his student newspaper at the University of Tennessee and is now a News Manager for Saturday Tradition.