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Inclusion Criteria: * INCLUSION CRITERIA: All patients must meet the following criteria: * Patients must be age 14-26 years old. * Skeletally mature patients, with an ACL deficient knee who desire to have ACL reconstructive surgery using autograft augmentation. * Patients must be a tanner stage of 5 and a posteroanterior left hand film x-ray will be obtained to confirm bone age and skeletal maturity * Patients with associated meniscal and chondral pathology (except patients falling into exclusion criteria below) will be included in the study; such pathology will be treated at the time of ACL reconstruction at the discretion of the surgeon, and such pathology and treatment will be recorded. * An understanding of the purpose of the study and providing written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * EXCLUSION CRITERIA: * Patients with multi-ligament surgery (MCL, PCL, LCL, PMC, or PLC repair or reconstruction), * Patients who have undergone previous ACL reconstructive surgery. * Patients who are currently pregnant or nursing. * Patients who have a current infection at the operative site. * Any condition or personal issue that the surgeon deems ineffective to the outcome of the study.