Ex-Duke quarterback Thomas Sirk ruptured his right achilles tendon in 2013 at age 20, and then ruptured his left achilles tendon in 2016.

Last week, it was announced that the now 23 year old is attempting a return to playing football again via becoming East Carolina’s next starting quarterback.

According to Kevin Youngs, the owner of Youngs Physical Therapy when asked about Sirk’s chances:

You hear so many times after the rehab process, after all the physical therapy that they’ve had, that they come back even stronger than before because we dial in on all those other muscles.