By Vaughn McClure
Bears running back Garrett Wolfe, who was placed on injured reserve Nov. 20 with a lacerated kidney, will have surgery on his left shoulder Friday. The surgery will sideline him for four months.
"I hurt it my rookie year and it really never healed,'' the third-year player said. "I'd rather get it tied down than have it be a problem when I'm done playing ball, whenever that may be. It's not something that will go away, so I might as well get is taken care of now as opposed to later.''
Wolfe said he had surgery on his other shoulder before his senior year at Northern Illinois, so he's not too concerned about the recovery process.
The former Holy Cross and NIU star is a few weeks away from recovering from the lacerated kidney, an injury he sustained during the Bears' 41-21 loss to the Cardinals in Week 9. He is signed through 2010 and could remain in the Bears' plans as another option behind starter Matt Forte.
Bears running back Garrett Wolfe, who was placed on injured reserve Nov. 20 with a lacerated kidney, will have surgery on his left shoulder Friday. The surgery will sideline him for four months.
"I hurt it my rookie year and it really never healed,'' the third-year player said. "I'd rather get it tied down than have it be a problem when I'm done playing ball, whenever that may be. It's not something that will go away, so I might as well get is taken care of now as opposed to later.''
Wolfe said he had surgery on his other shoulder before his senior year at Northern Illinois, so he's not too concerned about the recovery process.
The former Holy Cross and NIU star is a few weeks away from recovering from the lacerated kidney, an injury he sustained during the Bears' 41-21 loss to the Cardinals in Week 9. He is signed through 2010 and could remain in the Bears' plans as another option behind starter Matt Forte.
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