DeMarvion Overshown injury update: Dallas Cowboys LB offers encouraging news on his recovery

Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarvion Overshown feels good about where he is in his recovery five months removed from suffering an ACL, PCL and MCL tear in his right knee. Overshown sustained the injury in last season’s Week 14 home contest against the Cincinnati Bengals.

“It’s going real good, I think it really couldn’t be any better,” Overshown said Thursday, via Tommy Yarrish of DallasCowboys.com. “If it was better, I’d probably be out there playing right now. Where I’m at in my rehab, in my process, it’s where I’m supposed to be plus some.”

Overshown, 24, missed his entire rookie season after sustaining a torn ACL in his left knee during the preseason. That’s now two devastating knee injuries for Overshown to begin his NFL career. Overshown, who returned to the rehab group during the team’s OTAs, isn’t rushing the process.

“I know it’s a process; it’s something we’re not rushing just because I look good,” Overshown said. “There’s no need to rush the process. I’m going to come back when I’m 100%, when I’m ready, when I know I can tough the field and not have to look down and worry about my knee.”

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Overshown was a bright spot on the Cowboys’ defense this past season. Overshown tallied 90 tackles (56 solo), eight tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks, one pick six and a forced fumble. Overshown became the third Cowboy to record at least five sacks, an interception, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble in the same season, joining DeMarcus Ware (2006) and Greg Ellis (1999).

Right now, Overshown feels he “can do anything and everything.” He credited Britt Brown, Cowboys associate athletic trainer and director of rehabilitation, for helping him in his recovery.

“If you ask me, I can do anything and everything,” Overshown said. “But Britt, he dials it down, I started doing a little light jog this week, so that’s a plus. I’m shuffling, backpedaling, doing all the small things, the beginning of the stages, I’m building into it

“I’m thinking doing it the smart way, so maybe starting on PUP, maybe not if I’m feeling great, but like I said, I’m going to let Britt, the magic man, do the work. I’m just going to come up here and grind like I’m playing tomorrow… whenever they unleash me, I’m going to be ready to go.”