Other NFL examples include WR Tyler Lockett who in December 2016 had a compound tib/fib fracture which means the skin was lacerated by the bone. He was able to return for the start of next season.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was transported to a local hospital for surgery after suffering a compound fracture and dislocation ... ankle and fractured tibia. The ankle joint ...

Smith’s compound fracture was to his tibia and fibula (tib-fib). Prescott’s injury is to his ankle. This is significant to classify because the ankle is a joint while the tib-fib is not.

TweetA compound fracture is a term that is not ... appears to be somewhere between Theismann’s true transverse tib/fib fracture and the ankle fractures suffered by Raiders quarterback Derek ...

“Just so everyone has an update . . . he did have a compound fracture in his left tib/fib [tibia and fibula] right above the ankle. Also, his shoulder is broken,” Gladstone posted on his ...

"The biggest worry right away is infection," Grosso said. "Typically with an open tib-fib fracture, you try to get the person into surgery within eight hours to make sure there's no infection ...

His contract is for 2-years with $300,000 guaranteed, up to $3.3 million. A tib/fib fracture is usually a 6+ month recovery. He may be ready to participate at some point this offseason.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic suffered compound fractures to the tibia and fibula of his lower left leg in a double-overtime win against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday ...

Jockey Leslie Mawing sustained compound fractures of both the tibia and fibula in his left leg when his mount, Pasta Time, crashed through the inner rail during the stretch run of the seventh race ...

The U.S. ski team says American skier Nina O’Brien has sustained a compound fracture of her left tibia and fibula after falling toward the end of the women’s giant slalom at the Beijing Games.