Jadeveon Clowney "looks spectacular" seven months removed from microfracture surgery, according to Texans team physician Dr. Walt Lowe.

Clowney was limited to four games his rookie year after being selected first overall in the draft. He suffered a lateral right meniscus tear in the Texans' 2014 season opener.

The Texans have used blood flow restriction therapy, which is designed to minimize muscle deficits early in rehab.

According to ESPN's Stephania Bell, the Texans were the first team in the league to implement such training, which is also called "tourniquet" training.

Lowe told Forbes while someone of Clowney's size would typically have lost three or four centimeters of girth around his quadriceps while recovering from this surgery, Clowney has lost only between half a centimeter and one centimeter.

"The real goal in the end is to have him be who he was before he got hurt," Lowe said.