  College football player played season with torn ACL  Andrew
Bunting Published 30/01/2014 22:03 by Andrew Bunting,
read by 318 people.  ACL tears are painful and can force players
to miss whole seasons. A lot of players think they are a big
deal, but not Corey Lewis.  Lewis, an offensive lineman with
Illinois University played the entire 2013 season with an ACL
tear according to reports.  Offensive tackle, Lewis has torn the
ligament four times in his career and when he felt a problem
during pre-season training, he just ignored it.  "I felt that if
I could play, there was no reason to MRI it and get shut down if
something came out of the MRI," said Lewis. "I just wanted to
play my last season."  After two successful years with the
Fighting Illini, during which he was awarded All-Big 10 academic
honors, Lewis missed two and a half seasons with his knee
problems.  He went through five surgeries in order to return for
this season and help out his teammates.  Lewis' knee damage
could put pay to a professional ca