Tarik Cohen didn't give up on his NFL career after being released by the Bears during the 2022 NFL offseason. Despite having not played since the first month of the 2020 season, the diminutive running back was training in the hopes of playing again.
Unfortunately, disaster struck Cohen on Tuesday. He suffered a serious-looking injury during a routine workout that he was streaming on Instagram Live. ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that the injury was a torn Achilles.
An MRI today confirmed that RB Tarik Cohen, who hasn’t played in the NFL since he tore his ACL in Week 3 of the 2020 season, ruptured his Achilles while live streaming a training session on Instagram Live, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 18, 2022
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Cohen was performing a drill that entailed backpedaling and then exploding forward to work on his change of direction skills. However, as he pushed off, he fell to the ground in pain and grabbed at the back of his right heel.
Former #Bears RB Tarik Cohen, currently a free-agent, apparently to suffered a serious ankle injury while working out on IG Live.
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) May 17, 2022
Hoping it isn't a serious injury. pic.twitter.com/ahuYGbZxtx
Someone could be heard saying "no" repeatedly after the injury. It's unclear whether that was Cohen or one of his workout partners.
After the injury, former teammates began voicing their support for Cohen.
My thoughts and prayers go out to @TarikCohen
— KyleLong (@Ky1eLong) May 17, 2022
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This injury is the latest setback for Cohen. The 5-6, 191-pound running back hasn't played since Week 3 of the 2020 NFL season when he suffered tears to his ACL, MCL and a tibial plateau fracture, which occurs when the bone below the knee breaks into the knee joint. The damage in Cohen's knee was so severe that he had to miss the entire 2021 season while continuing to recover from it.
Cohen had recently explained in a letter to himself on The Players Tribune that he was starting to feel better physically.
Here’s the good news: You’re finally starting to feel more like yourself again as a football player. That burst, it’s back. The quick-twitch muscles, they’re back. The ability to cut on a dime? That’s back too. And it feels amazing.
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Now, he will have to go through the recovery process again if he wants to return to the NFL.
