WASHINGTON — It’s been more than nine months since DeAngelo Hall first had surgery to repair a torn left Achilles’, and a just over eight months since he re-injured that Achilles’ by slipping in his kitchen while making a pizza.

Back in March, Hall was so ecstatic with his recovery, he Tweeted photos of himself doing a backflip.

Had my 5 month checkup & the Dr said my achilles is stronger than ever! So I celebrated by doing back flip! I'm back! pic.twitter.com/iLieyCsr4T — OG aka CAPTAIN 23 (@DeAngeloHall23) March 14, 2015

He participated in offseason workouts in May and June, though he was limited to footwork and light running drills by team officials.

On Tuesday, Hall told 106.7 The Fan’s Grant Paulsen and Danny Rouhier he’ll be “ready to go” when Training Camp rolls around in late July.

“The rehab’s kind of over now,” he said. “It’s just about strengthening things around that Achilles’, just, you know, making sure everything functions and feels great for camp. I’m excited to get back out there on the field. I was kind of held out all of OTAs and minicamps this offseason, so I’m at the mercy of the trainers and coaching staff. So they’re going to kind of, I guess, wean me back in slowly. But I’m excited to get back out there and going with the guys.”

Asked how limited he predicts he’ll be in Richmond, Hall said, “Shoot, I hope I’m ready to go the first day. When I say ‘wean’ me back in, I know they’re going to monitor me. They’re not just going to throw me out there and take all the reps with the ones.

“So I’m just going to kind of get out there, see how the body feels. I haven’t done a whole lot of pounding on it, as far as football movements. I’ve been doing more sprinting straight-ahead stuff, side-to-side agilities, so to actually get there and get into football shape and do a lot more football movements, we’ll kind of see how it responds and just kind of play it by ear.”

After initially suffering the injury, Hall consulted friend Kobe Bryant for advice. He now credits Bryant, along with others around him, with pulling him through his challenging recovery.

“I knew it was going to be hard, just from talking to other guys,” he said. “You know, I really leaned on Kobe to just kind of take his mental approach through it. And I kind of summoned my inner Black Mamba. I kind of took all that negative stuff and just kind of — it’s fed me. It’s fed me. It’s gotten me focussed back, working hard, and I feel good.”

“I can’t wait to get out there and show everybody what I can do,” he said.

Hall says he first met Bryant at a Celebrity Soccer Challenge put on by the Mia Hamm Foundation at the old Washington Kastles Stadium in 2011.

“Me and him played on the same team,” he said. “And [I] was able to pick his brain, talk to him there at the game years ago, and we just kind of stayed in contact. Getting this Achilles’ injury has kind of strengthened our relationship, so to say, so I’ve been able to — like I said — lean on him and just kind of [get] advice, things he’s done to come back from it. He’s really been a help to me.”

Hall is entering the second year of a four-year contract, which he restructured earlier this year to improve his chances of making the team. He will make a reported $4 million if he makes the final roster.

“I feel great. I feel better than ever, ” he said. “So I can’t wait to get out there and show what I got. It’s going to be a heck of a competition between myself, [Chris] Culliver, [David] Amerson and [Bashaud] Breeland. So I can’t wait to get out there and compete with those guys.”

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