- Jayden Daniels threw for 3,812 yards and 40 touchdowns for LSU last season
- Dr. Laith M. Jazrawi says the lump on Daniels’ elbow can sometimes be painful
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A New York University doctor explained what’s happening with Jayden Daniels’ elbow during an image that went viral earlier this week.
Fans became concerned when a photo of the Heisman Trophy winner showed a golf ball-sized lump on his right elbow as he threw the ball for LSU.
On Thursday, the New York Post asked Dr. Laith M. Jazrawi, Chief of the Division of Sports Medicine at NYU Langone Orthopedics, for his opinion on the image. Dr. Jazrawi said the strange lump is not a cause for great concern.
“He has olecranon bursitis,” believes Dr. Jazrawi. “Sometimes there is pain, sometimes there is no pain,” he said of the symptoms.
“You can either get a cortisone shot or have the bursa surgically removed.”
A bizarre image showing a lump on Jayden Daniels’ elbow went viral earlier this week.
Dr. Laith M. Jazrawi of New York University believes the golf ball-sized lump is “olecranon bursitis.”
Daniels threw for 3,812 yards and 40 touchdowns with four interceptions for LSU last season.
“The downtime for something like that is two to three weeks for a bursa excision, or you can play the entire season because it’s usually not that painful,” he continued. He is surgically corrected. It is not a reconstruction or a repair of ligaments.’
Daniels threw for 3,812 yards and 40 touchdowns with just four interceptions for the Tigers on their way to the Heisman last season. LSU finished with a record of 10-3 overall and 6-2 in conference play.
The quarterback is expected to be selected in the top three of next month’s NFL draft, along with Drake Maye and projected No. 1 pick Caleb Williams.
The first pick belongs to the Chicago Bears, followed by the Washington Commanders and the New England Patriots.
“There is no need to wait until the moment of healing,” continued Dr. Jazrawi. ‘It’s really, you get it out and you’re fine. And it’s not even painful for some people to begin with, which probably includes Daniels, because he had it and wasn’t complaining. He seems like he played pretty well.