Agent for Kamu Grugier-Hill says the LB has played with back injury all season

The Philadelphia Eagles placed linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill on injured reserve Wednesday, after the free agent to be complained of serious back pain during the teams win over the Redskins on Sunday.

Now according to Jeff McLane of The Inquirer via Grugier-Hill’s agent, the veteran linebacker has been playing in severe pain all season long.

#Eagles LB Kamu Grugier-Hill’s agent Steve Caric released the following statement to The Inquirer, and said that his client had been playing through his back injury almost all season: pic.twitter.com/Rca9navqAy

— Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) December 18, 2019

There was some speculation that Grugier-Hill had his reps reduced after he allegedly lied about being concussed two weeks ago.