{"id":10413,"date":"2026-07-19T08:54:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T03:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10413"},"modified":"2026-07-19T08:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T03:54:38","slug":"cam-skattebo-horrifies-giants-fans-by-attempting-a-backflip-despite-coming-off-a-leg-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10413","title":{"rendered":"Cam Skattebo horrifies Giants fans by attempting a backflip despite coming off a leg injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-layout-index=\"4\" class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">  <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6401425589112\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_featured-video_5_1\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">NFL cornerback Levi Wallace retires at 31<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Levi Wallace, 31, is hanging up his cleats after an eight-year NFL career that began when he signed as an undrafted free agent out of Alabama. (This video contains AI-assisted content)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_4089209\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\/new-york-giants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Giants<\/a> running back Cam Skattebo is going to take years off of fans&#8217; lives.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">The second-year running back out of Arizona State had a great rookie season that was unfortunately cut short due to injury.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">He&#8217;s on the mend, but if he keeps doing stuff like he did at <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_4089210\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/tom-brady-logan-paul-heated-confrontation-fanatics-fest-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fanatics Fest<\/a> on Saturday, he may wind up back on IR.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_4089211\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/patriots-rb-rhamondre-stevenson-narrowly-avoids-injury-celebrity-softball-game-nasty-collision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>PATRIOTS RB RHAMONDRE STEVENSON NARROWLY AVOIDS INJURY AT CELEBRITY SOFTBALL GAME AFTER NASTY COLLISION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/cam-skattebo-backflip.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/cam-skattebo-backflip.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/cam-skattebo-backflip.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/cam-skattebo-backflip.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/cam-skattebo-backflip.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/cam-skattebo-backflip.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/cam-skattebo-backflip.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/cam-skattebo-backflip.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/cam-skattebo-backflip.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Cam Skattebo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Giants running back Cam Skattebo gave fans a scare at Fanatics Fest.<\/span> <span>(Eric Hartline-Imagn Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Skattebo made an appearance at WWE&#8217;s Fanatics Fest activation, where fans could recreate the entrances of their favorite wrestlers.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Skattebo chose Triple H and walked out to his Mot\u00f6rhead entrance music, &#8220;The Game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">But instead of blasting a mouthful of Dasani like Old Faithful, as Triple H used to do, Skattebo decided to make the celebration his own.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">He pointed to his bum leg and then decided to do something that put every Giants fan&#8217;s heart in their throat: a backflip.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">All Giants fans watching probably yelped like a small dog when they saw the way Skattebo&#8217;s surgically repaired right leg twisted on the landing.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">He needs that. It&#8217;s one of his runnin&#8217; legs.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_4089212\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/someone-needs-step-defend-cody-rhodes-awful-terrible-placekicking-performance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SOMEONE NEEDS TO STEP IN AND DEFEND CODY RHODES&#8217; AWFUL, TERRIBLE PLACEKICKING PERFORMANCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/cam-skattebo-giants.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/cam-skattebo-giants.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/cam-skattebo-giants.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/cam-skattebo-giants.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/cam-skattebo-giants.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/cam-skattebo-giants.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/cam-skattebo-giants.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/cam-skattebo-giants.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/cam-skattebo-giants.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Cam Skattebo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Cam Skattebo&#8217;s rookie campaign with the New York Giants was cut short by a serious leg injury in late October.<\/span> <span>(Eric Hartline-Imagn Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">While I have no clue if it was before or after Skattebo suffered the biggest backflip botch since a <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_4089213\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/sports\/savannah-bananas-player-attempts-backflip-live-cnn-fails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Savannah Bananas player went on CNN<\/a>, he booted a nice field goal with his left foot at some point in the day.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Skattebo is quite the, uh, character, and it&#8217;s hilarious to imagine the conversations the Giants are probably having with him.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">No NFL front office thinks they have to tell a player, &#8220;Hey, quick reminder: you suffered a very serious leg injury about nine months ago. 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