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FSU Alums: Fans react to Dalvin Cook knee injury

By Kelvin Hunt

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - OCTOBER 1: Dalvin Cook #33 of the Minnesota Vikings grabs his knee after fumbling the ball while being tackled by defender Tavon Wilson #32 of the Detroit Lions in the third quarter of the game on October 1, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Cook was injured on the play and left the game for the locker room. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - OCTOBER 1: Dalvin Cook #33 of the Minnesota Vikings grabs his knee after fumbling the ball while being tackled by defender Tavon Wilson #32 of the Detroit Lions in the third quarter of the game on October 1, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Cook was injured on the play and left the game for the locker room. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /
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Former FSU running back Dalvin Cook suffered a non-contact injury Sunday.

Sometimes life isn’t fair, and that has to be what FSU all-time leading rusher Dalvin Cook has to be saying to himself.

The Minnesota Viking rookie was injured Sunday against the Detroit Lions on a 10 yard run. It was a non-contact injury as Cook started to fall before getting tackled and subsequently fumbled on the play.

Cook was able to walk off the field gingerly but according to reports was emotional and near tears on the sidelines.

Now it looks like the early diagnosis is a near complete tear of his ACL. The video of how the injury occurred can be viewed below:

The injury didn’t look good at all with the way he started reaching for his leg before getting hit. It’s eerily similar to how former FSU wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin injured his ACL in training camp a couple of years ago.

Cook had already scored a touchdown and finished the game with 66 yards on 13 carries.

He was already becoming a fan favorite and their reaction on social media was telling. Check out the Twitter reaction below:

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Thoughts

First of all, I would like to offer my thoughts and prayers for Dalvin Cook. Any injury sucks, but it hits home for one of the best players in FSU football history.

It’s an injury that a player can recover from and play again. In fact, the player Cook replaced in Adrian Peterson came back from an ACL injury to have monster year the following year.

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According to Jimbo Fisher, Cook was one of the hardest working players he has ever coached, so there’s no doubt he’ll put in the work to get back on the field.

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