I really feel bad for Elijah. I don't know the young man, but from what I've heard, if he conducts himself and approaches life post-football they way he has to this point, he'll be fine.
I do have a nagging concern that I want to put out for comment. This injury is to the same knee that sidelined him last year; and it occurred on the first day of camp. It appears to me that this could either be a case of terrible luck, or a lapse on the staff's part (or some of both). Shouldn't the medical staff be assessing him thoroughly throughout his rehab and not clearing him to participate until the risk of re-injury is low? Perhaps they did and it's just a case of terrible luck, but this situation has me scratching my head.
This is much more than a concern about the team's success - it's about the young man's mobility later in life (much more important, in my opinion).
Don't know any of the specifics of this case, but it's certainly possible that the injured area of that knee was thoroughly healed, and it was some other part of this complex joint that was injured this time. If so, that would indicate a congenital problem with that joint in that it had more than one "weak spot." Or, as you say, very bad luck.