Houston LT David Ndukwe in the portal

[dolemite79]

All jokes aside if his knee is good he’s a lot cheaper than Seaton with pretty much as good or better grades as a blocker. More bang for your buck.

Are we interested tho?

 

[Cribby]

Are we interested tho?

Got to find out about that knee . It sounded pretty bad

 

[Groz73Cane]

Roughly 50 to 64% of olinemen in. NFL return after knee dislocation. 50% for multiple ligament damage. 64% for lesser dislocation. Not college but kinda have a base line. Recovery is 12 to 20 months. The longer one for the multi ligament.

 

[chris2183l]

All jokes aside if his knee is good he’s a lot cheaper than Seaton with pretty much as good or better grades as a blocker. More bang for your buck.

Sorry if I missed it but did he have a major knee injury?

 

[DoctorKrazey]

Doubt it. He plays premium position with desperate schools all over, his asking price can't be that crazy. Also, these kids have agents/advisors who help them along the way. Something else is going on in the background.

Yea, someone with his size, experience, and results yet he’s still available? Something’s not adding up.

 

[JustAFanHTX]

Can’t play here. Good player. More question marks than his health. Same as the center that jetted to Colorado. I don’t bash kids so yeah that’s all I got. If I’m asked my opinion (I won’t be) I’ll share it

 

[P-Tizzle]

How D$ sees UHealth:

 

[Suhrthing]

Can’t play here. Good player. More question marks than his health. Same as the center that jetted to Colorado. I don’t bash kids so yeah that’s all I got. If I’m asked my opinion (I won’t be) I’ll share it

 

[RVACane]

That was mostly in 2024. His 2025 season apparently ended after 3 games due to a dislocated knee that kept him out the rest of the season.

And therein lies the rub.

 

[RVACane]

Doubt it. He plays premium position with desperate schools all over, his asking price can't be that crazy. Also, these kids have agents/advisors who help them along the way. Something else is going on in the background.

Apparently the injury is a concern. @JustAFanHTX said it goes beyond that so I guess we need to get help from elsewhere.

 

[Zbrod95]

Apparently the injury is a concern.

His waiver is too but that hurdle has been cleared. We’re dumpster diving. Bring him in and see what the knee looks like.

 

[RVACane]

His waiver is too but that hurdle has been cleared. We’re dumpster diving. Bring him in and see what the knee looks like.

I agree generally. I added on to my post as JustAFanHTX mentioned that it goes beyond injury.

 

[GirthQuake]

Good point. My cope is we told him to wait on decision until we found out about Seaton.

Still need depth regardless.

 

[90scane]

Got to find out about that knee . It sounded pretty bad

MPFL was torn. Not sure about ACL/PCL. If only the MPFL, he will be full go in August.

 

[Kapulaites]

Is it me or does his stance look awkward? lol

I agree it looks off a bit but that can be fixed if it’s a detriment. He looks like he has some ability. Wonder why he is ranked so low and no bites after three weeks in the portal.

 

[CANEMC]

So another Zion?

 

[DocCane407]

Dislocated knee in September that’s why he was granted another year of eligibility. Medicals must not be to teams liking because the only place he’s visited so far is GT. And he’s an Atlanta native

All I can find about the injury online is that it did require surgery. Some patellar dislocation do require surgery but tibiofemoral almost always needs surgery and of course is a much longer recovery. It's possible he could be ready by August but certainly not guaranteed.

 

[Caned Peach]

I’m just here to read the posts from our several hundred orthopedic surgeons

Being that we have a great medical school, I’m guessing we have at least one legit one that posts.

 

[pacusmc]

That couldn’t be further than the truth. You don’t even know how severe it is.

I’ve yet to see anyone have a knee dislocation with only one ligament injured.
This is at least one year out.

He wont be back for the beginning of the season.

Nick chub tore 2 ligaments and a meniscus with his dislocation.
He was out 13 months.

 

[clg003]

All jokes aside if his knee is good he’s a lot cheaper than Seaton with pretty much as good or better grades as a blocker. More bang for your buck.

I think his grades reset after that knee injury though… I’m not sure how you even judge him he can’t be that far along 4 months in. It’s at the very least a 10 month recovery more than likely a full year.