Giants running back Cam Skattebo offered a brutally honest walkthrough of the play that wrecked his ankle
In a candid interview with N3on on Bleacher Report, the Giants rookie revealed that what doctors called the “best possible” outcome still involved a broken fibula, torn ligaments, a fully dislocated ankle — and a surgical fix that sounds as intense as it was.
“It was brutal, bro,” Skattebo said in a clip shared on Instagram. “I got to the hospital, bro, they said this is the best possible injury. The worst is, like, if the cartilage in your ankle is bad.”
Skattebo didn’t sugarcoat the damage. He explained that the injury started with a broken fibula — the outside bone — and the force of it triggered a cascade. The ligament connecting his lower leg to his ankle tore, and with the bone no longer holding anything in place, his ankle fully dislocated, twisted nearly 90 degrees. Another key tendon that stabilizes the two lower-leg bones snapped as well.
To repair everything, doctors inserted what Skattebo called a “tightrope” — drilling through the bones and threading a stabilizing cord that pulls everything back together. The idea, he said, is that once that tightrope is in place, it’s nearly impossible to tear again, even in an injury as severe as the one he just endured.
Before his injury, Skattebo provided a spark for the Giants’ run game, rushing for 410 yards on 101 attempts (4.1 yards per carry) and had five rushing touchdowns. He also caught 24 passes for 207 yards and two touchdowns.
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