San Francisco 49ers linebacker NaVorro Bowman has returned to training for the first time since suffering a long-term injury.
The three-time Pro Bowl player suffered a serious knee injury at the end of the 2013 season, and didn't make a single appearance last year.
Bowman has said that his knee still affects him, but he is back in training and optimistic that it won't restrict him for much longer.
He told CSN: "I'm out there. I'm putting my jersey on just like everyone else and doing as much as I can do and that my knee allows me to do.
"I'm passing all the tests. My knee is still stable and holding up the way they expected. Just continue to work through the little bit of aches that I have, but it's going to be there for at least another year and I just have to figure out how to deal with it."
Bowman was named as the Defensive Player of the Year in 2013.
