Childs says he'll be back on the field next season, despite a ruptured patellar tendon in each of his knees that ended his rookie year before it began. Childs says he's been walking without assistance for a while and working daily on strength and range of motion in his legs. He says he's fully confident he'll be able to return to the game next season.||||||| Childs appeared in the locker room on Monday during a break before a rehabilitation session at the team's practice facility, making his first public comments since the freak injury a week into training camp. Childs was drafted out of Arkansas in the fourth round.

The Minnesota Vikings are hoping Childs can recover fully from his freak injury, a ruptured patella tendon in both of his knees that ended his rookie season before it began. Coach Leslie Frazier said Childs was having surgery Monday.||||||| The fourth-round draft pick from Arkansas was hurt Saturday at the end of a scrimmage, when he tried to jump for a pass. The Vikings placed Childs on injury waivers Monday, a procedural move before they put him on injured reserve. Frazier says Childs was distraught but determined to come back and play next year.