Packers TE Robert Tonyan has corrective surgery on core muscle

#Packers TE Robert Tonyan underwent core muscle surgery in Philadelphia, according to agent, Jack Bechta. Said the injury bothered Tonyan all year and explains why he couldn’t run the same. William Meyer, who has done the procedure for other #Packers, was the surgeon.

— Tom Silverstein (@TomSilverstein) February 27, 2020

Green Bay Packers tight end Robert Tonyan had corrective surgery on a core muscle problem to start this offseason, according to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Tonyan, the second-year tight end, played in 11 games in 2019, catching 10 passes for 100 yards and a touchdown. He injured his hip in Week 5 against the Dallas Cowboys and missed five straight games. Despite returning for the final six regular-season games and two postseason games, Tonyan’s impact was minimal – possibly as a result of the lingering effects of the original injury.

Tonyan, 25, is an exclusive rights free agent this offseason and is expected back with the Packers in 2020.

According to Silverstein, the surgery was performed by Dr. William Meyers of the Vincera Institute in Philadelphia. He is considered a core muscle expert, and the “leading authority on the awareness that the whole core muscle complex, inclusive with the hip joint, contributes to the injury which has advanced old terminology such as athletic pubalgia or sports hernia.”