Jack Pybrun will miss rest of 2023 season with torn ACL
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Gators were dealt a second season-ending injury in as many weeks. Florida sophomore EDGE Jack Pyburn will miss the final three games of the season with a torn ACL.
“Thank you to everyone for the prays and well wishes after Saturday’s game,” Pyburn wrote on X, formally known as Twitter. “Unfortunately the injury I received on Saturday is a season-ending tear to my ACL. I can promise y’all one thing and that is I will be back soon and better than ever. Love this team and my brothers.”
Pyburn went down in the third quarter of Florida’s 39-36 loss to Arkansas on Saturday. He remained on the ground for nearly two minutes. As trainers initially came to check on him, Pyburn took off his helmet while lying on his back before giving it a frustrated toss. After a minute or so, Pybrun was helped to his feet and headed straight to the Florida locker room. He would return to the field with a brace on his left knee and without his helmet.
Pyburn will finish the season with 17 tackles, and one tackle for a loss.
This is the second week in a row the Gators have lost a defensive player to a season-ending injury. Starting linebacker and leading tackler, Shemar James, underwent knee surgery the Wednesday after Florida’s loss to Georgia.
“He had surgery today and he’s out. So, he’ll be back for spring practice. This will be about a four-month deal. Ultimately, it’s just, it’s much like a shoulder dislocation. It’s a kneecap dislocation,” Billy Napier said of the injury. “Happened to him in high school, it was an injury he had before. Much like a shoulder comes out, if it comes out again you’ve got to get it fixed. So, everything went well with the surgery. It won’t be a major factor long-term for him.”
