Skattebo suffered a season-ending ankle injury just as his production, and subsequent stardom, was rising in the league.Alongside Jaxson Dart, the new era of Giants had proven they can go against some of the best teams in the league.But when Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Zack Baun’s tackle at Lincoln Financial Field in Week 8 ended with a dislocated right ankle and open fracture of the right tibia for Skattebo, he was distraught.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMNew York Giants running back Cam Skattebo is carted off the field during the game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles on October 26th, 2025 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA.
(Terence Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)In fact, he told Kay Adams on "Up and Adams" that retirement even entered his brain after just eight games with the Giants."Yeah, definitely," he responded to the host when asked."The first month was kind of like, ‘Damn, do I really wanna do this?’"SUPER BOWL CHAMPION PARRIS CAMPBELL RETIRES FROM NFL AT 28, COWBOYS ANNOUNCEThe shock of a season abruptly ending due to injury can do more than physical damage to a player.
The mental fortitude needed to recover is just as important, and Skattebo eventually found it." It was seven games, I was like, ‘I got to go back and play.’ Yeah, there’s no shot.There’s no different story.
No, it was the end of the year and I was like, ‘OK, I’m over this,’ you know, and I didn’t feel that way at all."But Skattebo, after a tremendous final year at Arizona State that put him on the NFL radar, made himself a rule for when he turned pro."Coming out of college, going to the NFL, I think I gave myself one rule and it was if I ever got a major injury, I was done playing," he said.New York Giants' Cam Skattebo scores a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles Thursday, Oct.9, 2025, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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