Oregon's Pharaoh Brown is on the road to recovery, and a recent wakeboarding video that he posted online is particularly encouraging. The tight end suffered a catastrophic knee and leg injury last Nov. 8 at Utah -- so severe that The Oregonian's Andrew Greif reported that amputation could have been required if not for some excellent medical work -- but Brown is now said to be ahead of schedule in his recovery.

My new hobby where rehab and fun meets. Just my 2nd time on the board. #ReturnOfRaOH #surfsup the legs and balance and core strength coming back #Eighty5 #Blessed A video posted by Pharaoh Brown (@death_raoh) on Jul 22, 2015 at 8:06pm PDT

Brown hasn't set a target return date, but if that clip is any indication, he's on the way to backing up an April guarantee: "I will play football again."