The Seattle Seahawks’ running back situation has changed considerably from the start of their Super Bowl run until now. Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III is now a Kansas City Chief, whereas Zach Charbonnet is recovering from an ACL tear suffered in the NFC Divisional Round romp over the San Francisco 49ers.
Seattle re-tooled the depth chart by signing Emanuel Wilson and drafting Jadarian Price in the first round. The expectation is that Charbonnet will likely start the season on the PUP list, but
what’s his recovery been like? ESPN insider Jeremy Fowler has a positive update on the former UCLA and Michigan back.
“Progressing well” is promising. A late July check-up would be right at the start of training camp, which is around the time we’d likely get a more concrete update from head coach Mike Macdonald.
It should be noted that Charbonnet, who’s coming off a career-best 730 yards and 12 touchdowns, did do some work at mandatory minicamp, per Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times:
Running back Zach Charbonnet was seen doing some conditioning work on the field during practice and then watched the rest of drills. Charbonnet hadn’t been seen doing any conditioning work during other workouts open to media. Charbonnet remains recovering from surgery to repair an ACL injury on Feb. 20. That puts him on a possible return for midseason but there has been no specific ETA given. Such injuries typically take about 9-10 months for a full recovery.
Everything sounds encouraging regarding Charbonnet’s recovery process. Obviously Seattle will be responsible in terms of bringing him back on the field, but the hope is that he might return to game action sooner rather than later.
