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From Devastating Knee Injury to First-Round NFL Success — The Power of Perseverance | Ep. 57 Alex Molden

Some setbacks look like the end.

Alex Molden's looked like three torn ligaments — ACL, MCL, and PCL — suffered during the Independence Bowl while playing for the University of Oregon. A knee injury that severe doesn't just threaten a season. It threatens everything.

What Alex chose to do next is the story worth telling.

Nine months of grueling rehabilitation. A comeback that started with nine starts in 1993, built to All-Pacific 10 cornerback in 1994, and peaked with All-American honors in 1995. And then the validation that made it undeniable — selected by the New Orleans Saints with the 11th…

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