I dont know the severity of his injury, but i also tore my meniscus my jr yr and was told i needed to have surgery on it and that i shouldnt do long amounts running. I did no such thing and finished out my jr yr w/ the injury. My knee was still killing my senior yr and i ran x-country w/ a torn meniscus. I would say if he is in the same situation like myself, tough it out and wrestle.