Kendall Fuller Injury: Updates on Virginia Tech Star's Knee and Return

After attempting to battle through a knee injury for the first three games of the 2015 season, Virginia Tech junior cornerback Kendall Fuller's year has come to an end.

Continue for updates. 

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Fuller Out for Season After Undergoing Knee Surgery

Wednesday, Sept. 30

According to Virginia Tech football's official Twitter account, both head coach Frank Beamer and Associate Athletics Director for Sports Medicine Mike Goforth confirmed that Fuller will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus suffered in August:

NFL.com's Chase Goodbread offered his take on Fuller's prospects as a player moving forward and what his loss means to the Hokies:

The brother of former Virginia Tech players Vincent, Corey and Kyle Fuller, Kendall has emerged as one of the nation's most polished defensive backs despite battling a fractured wrist throughout his sophomore season. 

In 13 appearances as a sophomore, Fuller tallied 54 total tackles—including 32 solo—and two interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown. As a junior, he's racked up seven tackles and one sack, but he has been limited.

Fuller didn't play in Virginia Tech's loss to East Carolina on Saturday due to a knee sprain, although Hokies defensive coordinator Bud Foster revealed he initially intended to fight through the ailment, per Mike Barber of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

"I didn't know until the beginning of the game. We were planning on playing him," Foster said. "They injected him this week. He was feeling pretty good in the morning but when we went out on the field, it just didn't feel very good."

Unfortunately for Fuller and Virginia Tech, the injury got to the point where he simply couldn't deal with it any longer.

With Fuller now officially out of the picture, the Hokies must rely even more heavily on fellow starting cornerback Brandon Facyson, as well as nickel corner Greg Stroman.

Virginia Tech has some depth at the cornerback position, but since most of it is fairly inexperienced, the 2-2 Hokies are likely to feel the sting of Fuller's absence.