STEPHENVILLE — Through seven games a year ago, Stephenville’s Camden McKinney was enjoying a productive junior season — one that may have been good enough to earn him All-Big Country Preps honors as one of the area’s top defensive ends. 

Then it happened. 

During a crucial district matchup with China Spring, McKinney suffered a torn ACL in his left knee, ending a promising season in an instant while forcing him to undergo surgery and a lengthy rehab process.