Healthy Skattebo gets full summer to prepare for season - ESPN

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was the first day of mandatory minicamp earlier this month and there was Cam Skattebo running individual drills for the New York Giants less than eight months after a gruesome ankle injury. The following day he was standing behind quarterback Jaxson Dart for the first play of team drills, taking a handoff and scampering toward the right side of the line.

It went off without a hitch. Frick and Frack were reunited in a live 11-on-11 setting for the first time since Skattebo suffered an open tibia fracture and right ankle dislocation in October. Skattebo was back practicing before the end of the spring just as new coach John Harbaugh said was possible earlier this year. There now seems to be little doubt barring a significant setback that he will be a full participant in training camp beginning next month when the Giants report to White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

«I was happy. He was telling me [that morning], and the trainer told me, too, that he was going to get some plays in group [drills] and plays in team [drills], and I was like, that's where you want him to be,» Harbaugh said after the first minicamp practice. «He's worked super hard. Super hard.

»I did mention maybe no backflips out here [at minicamp]. We agreed."

The backflip was a reference to Skattebo unleashing his trademark move several weeks earlier after a home run at the Brian Burns Celebrity Softball Game. The viral video attracted a lot of attention, but it was more importantly a sign that the recovered running back was finally feeling himself. It was his first backflip since the injury.

Skattebo insists he will be ready for the Sept. 13 season opener against the Dallas Cowboys on a Sunday night at MetLife Stadium. He's