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Former Tennessee Vol and Current Houston Texans Running Back Arian Foster Injured; Will Need Surgery

By Caleb Calhoun

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Houston Texans running back and former Tennessee Volunteer Arian Foster injured his groin in practice Monday night and will need surgery.

He has battled random minor injuries and some major ones throughout his career, and now Arian Foster is battling another one.

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Foster injured his groin during the Houston Texans’ first fully-padded training camp practice, according to a report on ESPN.

The former Tennessee Vol will need surgery and will miss the start of the season, according to the Houston Chronicle online.

Here is a snippet from the newspaper:

"The severe groin injury that Arian Foster suffered in Monday night’s practice will require surgery, but he should be able to return at some point this season.The Texans, who have declined comment, have Alfred Blue, Jonathan Grimes, Chris Polk and Kenny Hilliard on the roster behind Foster."

As reported there, Foster should at least be back at some point in the season, but it is not clear when.

Foster was limited at times at Tennessee due to injuries, including his sophomore year in 2006 despite high expectations that year. Also, after a solid junior season, his performance diminished in 2008 due to injuries that he battled as well, which caused him to go undrafted and sign as a free agent with the Texans.

In 2010 he proved himself to be a steal, but he then battled injuries in 2011 and 2013. Since he did not play in 2009, it seems like Foster simply injures himself every other year in some way, decreasing his production.

But then he always comes back the next year to perform extremely well.

Whether or not he does that this time could be up in the air, though, because at this point Foster is 29 and will be 30 going into next season. So how much more punishment can he take?

At least he should be back at some point in the season.

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