CLEVELAND (AP) – Browns general manager Tom Heckert said he understood the risks in drafting rookie running back Montario Hardesty, who is out for the season with a knee injury after joining the NFL with a history of knee problems.
Hardesty tore his left anterior cruciate ligament in Cleveland’s final exhibition game, his first action of the preseason after being sidelined with a bone bruise in his other knee. Hardesty tore his right ACL in 2005 in his freshman season at Tennessee.
Heckert said the club was confident in its pre-draft medical evaluations of Hardesty. He said doctors believe Hardesty will make a full recovery after he has surgery.
The Browns traded three picks to move into the second round to select Hardesty.
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