Dallas Cowboys LB DeMarvion Overshown speaks after having surgery: ‘I’ll be back’
The recovery process is officially underway for Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarvion Overshown after he had surgery on Tuesday to repair his torn ACL, MCL and PCL in his right knee after Cincinnati Bengals center Ted Karras fell on his leg in a Monday night game on Dec. 9.
Speaking for the first time since the surgery while still on his medication from the operation, Overshown explained what the next few days will look like — a process he is all too familiar with after tearing the ACL in his left knee in August 2023.
“This is the first day after surgery,” Overshown said on his Instagram page. “Today and tomorrow will probably be the two toughest days. I start rehab tomorrow. I got up, walked a little bit, slept most of the day.”
Overshown went through a surgery that lasted approximately 10 hours, as he had work done on both knees with the majority of the surgery being on the injured right knee.
Even though his rookie season was taken after the initial injury to his left knee, Overshown was one of the bright spots for the Cowboys this season on a defense that had begun to put it together with him in the starting lineup. In 13 games, Overshown was second on the team with 90 tackles and five sacks. An interception return for a touchdown in the team’s Thanksgiving Day win over the New York Giants stood out as the key highlight from his first season playing in the NFL.
Despite a recovery that is expected to last well into the 2025 season, if not all of it, the product of the University of Texas is ready to start his rehab process to get back on the field.
“I’m all good, spirits are still high,” he said. “I’ll be back.”
Signed to a four-year rookie contract, Overshown is locked in with the Cowboys through the 2026 season. Drafted in the third round out of Texas in the 2023 NFL Draft, he was performing at a Pro Bowl pace before suffering the injury in week 14 of the 2024 season.
This story was originally published December 19, 2024 at 9:32 AM.
