AFL content creator and reality TV personality Connor Rogers has expressed his gratitude following ten surgeries and the daunting prognosis that his right leg might require amputation.

Six weeks ago the 27-year-old social media sensation was caught in a sickening tackle while playing in a division-five thirds game of local footy.

‘I was tackled from behind while taking a quick shot at goal, and my leg got trapped in the ground—it all seemed to happen in slow motion,’ Rogers shared with 7NEWS.com.au.

After the adrenalin wore off, Rogers says the shock kicked in and he stopped being able to feel his foot and could barely even speak.

‘And then the ambulance rocked up, gave me the green whistle, and that was the last thing I remember before waking up after surgery,’ he said.

‘So, that was about one o’clock when they wheeled me away in the ambulance, and I woke up at somewhere between midnight and 1am.

‘The vivid memory I have from that time is a doctor approaching me in the emergency waiting area, examining my foot, and saying: “There’s no pulse, this is a potentially life-threatening situation; we need to get him into surgery immediately”.

Rogers knew he had injured his knee badly, but had no idea to what extent. 

‘They informed me that I had torn the ACL, PCL, MCL, LCL, and other ligaments—acronyms I wasn’t even familiar with—and I had dislocated my knee, severing all blood circulation to my foot and calf,’ Rogers recounted.

‘They initially removed a vein spanning the length of my left leg to transplant it into my right leg, even before addressing my dislocated knee.

‘When I awoke, my knee was still dislocated. They explained that restoring blood flow was the priority for the first surgery. Once circulation was restored, they realigned the knee.

‘And then 10 surgeries went by of them trying to save my calf. They were going in each time, cutting away the muscle that died time after time. Essentially, they’ve cut out a fair bit of the calf that’s responsible for moving your foot up and down, all around, moving your ankle.

‘For the first couple of weeks, they were saying amputation was pretty much likely, because if you have no use of your foot and your lower leg, there’s no point in keeping it, you’re just going to have a wonky leg.

‘They have got the blood circulating back to the foot now and I can move my toes a little bit, and nerves grow back at less than one millimetre a day, so they’re hoping that in a year’s time when the nerves grow back a bit, hopefully I’ve got enough function to be able to walk around, so they think that there’s enough reason to try and keep it.

‘But if we fast forward six months and the nerves hadn’t quite grown back, then we’ll have to have a look at getting rid of the leg then and getting a prosthetic in.

‘The way I’m looking at it is, as long as I still have my quality of life, I’m not too bothered, mate. 

‘I’d rather have a prosthetic in where I can still climb up the steps of the MCG, rather than have a wonky leg and you’re limping around anywhere. We’re in good spirits, mate, which is the important thing.’

Rogers has a long road of recovery ahead of him, but says he feels lucky to be in the position he’s in. 

‘I had this realisation where I was like, “I don’t have a thing to worry about, because I have more love and support and friendships around me than I could possibly ever wish for”,’ he said.

‘I’m the wealthiest bloke ever in like the most valuable resource you could possibly have, which is really good friendships and connections with really good people that are there to help you.

‘After that realisation, I stopped all the worry about what might happen with my leg. It just went away and I was just really looking forward to getting the best possible outcome I could to repay the support that everyone had given to me.’