Giants shutdown RB David Wilson for the season.

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Giants shut down David Wilson

ESPN.com news services | August 4, 2014
New York Giants doctors are shutting down running back David Wilson for the season due to the neck injury that he sustained last week in training camp, a source told ESPN's Josina Anderson.

There is a belief that the injury could be career ending, the source said.

David Wilson
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The Giants have shut down running back David Wilson due to his most recent neck injury, a source says.
Wilson had spinal fusion surgery in January to repair a disk problem and wasn't cleared for contact until July 21. He practiced with the Giants for the first week of training camp, but he left the field last Tuesday after a collision in practice with guard Eric Herman, and he was diagnosed with a burner.

The Giants sent Wilson to the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York for tests last Tuesday night. Wednesday, they announced that he would sit out the remainder of last week's practices and Sunday night's preseason game.

He was scheduled to be examined Monday by Dr. Frank Cammisa, who is that hospital's chief of spine services and who performed the fusion surgery on Wilson in January.

The Giants have said they'd be thrilled at Wilson's return, but they also said all offseason that they'd be prepared in case he couldn't play again.

The team signed Rashad Jennings and Peyton Hillis in free agency and drafted Boston College star Andre Williams in the fourth round. Michael Cox, a seventh-round pick in the 2013 draft, also returns.

Williams had seven carries for 48 yards and scored on a 3-yard run in the Giants' 17-13 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night in the preseason-opening Hall of Fame Game.

ESPN.com Giants reporter Dan Graziano contributed to this report.

His neck injury could be career ending. No decision made about his future yet.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Man, really sucks. He never really had a lot of success here either. Injuries were always a problem but this is probably it for him. 
 
He'll try to come back next year, no doubt, but I'd be surprised if he found any success. 

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Sounds like he's walking away.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

“I don’t want anybody to feel sorry for me, or pity me,” Wilson said. “I lived my dream. A lot of people only get to dream their dream. I lived that dream. Now I have a chance to dream another dream and live that, too.”

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/08/04/david-wilson-i-lived-my-dream/

 

[dsmatheny88]

All rivalries aside. It really sucks to see this happen to anybody

 

[Hurricane Season]

The kid had an incredible amount of talent.  It really sucks that we won't get to see it on display.  He seems to be in good spirits over it, so that's nice to see, but I still feel awful for him.
 
Craziest balance I've ever seen from a running back.  Dude was a human gyroscope in college.