After missing seven games due to injury as a rookie in 2022, Denver Broncos tight end Greg Dulcich missed all but two games in 2023 due to hamstring and foot injuries.
Now going into his third season, Dulcich is hoping to leave those injury woes behind him in 2024.
“The plan’s just going to be trying to get healthy and then just stay healthy and make sure I put this stuff behind me,” Dulcich said on Jan. 8, via Mike Klis of 9News.
After he recovered from a hamstring injury in 2023, Dulcich immediately injured his foot in practice. The tight end said he has “bony feet” and his cleat irritated his foot in a “really kinda freaky way,” which led to significant swelling. The Broncos then shut him down for the season.
It was a frustrating scenario for both Dulcich and the team because he had worked hard to recover from the lengthy hamstring injury.
“There’s a lot of factors, I think, that kinda could go into it, and that’s why we were trying to think of all the things and leave no stone unturned,” Dulcich said of his reoccurring hamstring injuries. “That was kind of the plan with, like, losing some weight — I mean, it worked, because my hamstring feels great, it was just [the foot].”
Dulcich has been healthy for 12 games over the last two seasons. He totaled 36 receptions for 436 yards and two touchdowns in those contests.
Now going into his third offseason, Dulcich’s hamstrings are healthy and his foot does not seem to be a long-term injury. The 23-year-old tight end will aim for the first healthy season of his career in 2024.
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