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Source: Dallas Cowboys DT Amobi Okoye expected to begin practicing Thursday
By Rainer Sabin rsabin@dallasnews.com
3:18 pm on October 21, 2014 | Permalink
Amobi Okoye is expected to practice with the Cowboys on Thursday, a source said.
The defensive tackle has been on the non-football illness list since the beginning of the season as he continued to work back into football shape following a lengthy battle with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, an autoimmune disease that left him with 145-day memory gap.
Once Okoye starts practicing with the team, the Cowboys will have 21 days to evaluate him. At the end of that period, they can activate him, cut him or keep him on the non-football illness list the remainder of the season.
Okoye, who lost 78 pounds during his lengthy battle with anti-NMDAR encephalitis, has regained the weight and looks the part of a massive defensive tackle. He was cleared in August to do contract drills, but the Cowboys wanted to proceed cautiously with Okoye after signing him to a two-year contract in May.
By Rainer Sabin rsabin@dallasnews.com
3:18 pm on October 21, 2014 | Permalink
Amobi Okoye is expected to practice with the Cowboys on Thursday, a source said.
The defensive tackle has been on the non-football illness list since the beginning of the season as he continued to work back into football shape following a lengthy battle with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, an autoimmune disease that left him with 145-day memory gap.
Once Okoye starts practicing with the team, the Cowboys will have 21 days to evaluate him. At the end of that period, they can activate him, cut him or keep him on the non-football illness list the remainder of the season.
Okoye, who lost 78 pounds during his lengthy battle with anti-NMDAR encephalitis, has regained the weight and looks the part of a massive defensive tackle. He was cleared in August to do contract drills, but the Cowboys wanted to proceed cautiously with Okoye after signing him to a two-year contract in May.