The Houston Texans running back Arian Foster may be back in the game sooner than most people thought as he is recuperating well from his groin surgery.

The 29-year-old football player, who had a groin-related injury on Aug. 3 per a tweet of ESPN's Tania Ganguli, seemed to be recovering fast from his operation.

Texans head coach Bill O'Brien informed this recent positive update regarding the New Mexico-born athlete via the official website of the Houston team.

"Arian is doing well. Relative to the injury that he has and prognosis early on, I would say he's ahead of that," O'Brien said.

The coach considers this as a great news indeed, and he continues to be hopeful of further development on his running back, who is a devoted player.

"Like I always say to people, I reserve the right to change my mind. But as it stands today, I believe that he's really working hard to get back. He's a very hard-working guy in that training room and I think he'll be back sooner rather than later, relative to what the early prognosis was," the Texans' coach adds.

Last month, when Foster just underwent a surgery, it was said that he would recover within three months, per a tweet by Ian Rapoport of NFL.com.

Now, he is expected to come back in a month, at the earliest, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter on Twitter.

Even though Foster's susceptibility to injury isn't new to Texans owner Bob McNair, he still wants the running back to return soon on the field.

"Can't say I'm surprised. It seems like every year he's had a soft tissue injury. We keep our fingers crossed." McNair added, "He seems [to be] vulnerable to those types of things. We believe he'll come back this season and help us," McNair said, as tweeted by Houston Chronicle's John McClain.

Undeniably, he is an asset to the team. Last season, despite sustaining a hamstring injury, he tallied 1,578 total yards and 14 touchdowns, noted Bleacher Report. Trey Wingo of ESPN also shared Foster's edge last year on Twitter.

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