After a 12 months faraway from soccer, Chase Claypool says he is wholesome and able to resume his profession in 2025. The previous Pittsburgh Steelers‘ second-round choose lately mentioned he’s “again to being the strongest and quickest I’ve ever been” after a toe harm worn out his whole 2024 season.
Claypool, who turns 27 on July 7, lately mentioned through Instagram he has been “rehabbing, understanding, and recovering day-after-day for the previous 12 months” after he missed all of final season after he tore a ligament and a tendon in his second toe throughout coaching camp.
“I deeply and really imagine that the items will align,” Claypool wrote, “and I’ll work my approach into the place to indicate off what’s been suppressed these final two years.”
Claypool additionally expressed his gratitude for the Buffalo Bills, who signed him to a one-year deal final offseason. He’s now a free agent for the second time in two years.
“Signing with Buffalo was the perfect factor that would’ve ever occurred to me,” Claypool wrote. “I used to be the strongest, quickest, and most ready I had ever been. I used to be enjoying my finest soccer — working my approach up from LAST (14th) string to taking first-team reps by camp. Most of all, I used to be doing it with a gaggle of fellows I really appreciated.”
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Claypool was the forty ninth total choose within the 2020 NFL Draft. As a rookie, Claypool’s 11 whole touchdowns tied a Steelers franchise rookie document he shares with Steelers Corridor of Honor member Louis Lipps and Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Franco Harris. Claypool’s success that 12 months helped Pittsburgh seize its most up-to-date AFC North division title.
Whereas strong, Claypool’s 2021 season was a disappointment given what he had achieved as a rookie. That downward development continued in 2022 to the purpose that the Steelers dealt him to the Chicago Bears in alternate for a second-round choose simply earlier than the commerce deadline.
After failing to supply in Chicago, Claypool was traded to the Miami Dolphins throughout the 2023 season. He was not re-signed by Miami after catching simply 4 passes throughout his 9 video games with the workforce.
Regardless of these setbacks, Claypool clearly believes he could be a beneficial asset for a workforce that would use a playmaking receiver.
“I’m again to being the strongest and quickest I’ve ever been,” he wrote, “and could not be extra excited to step again out on the sector and let my actions converse for themselves.”