Assuming full recovery, there is no way she won't make a WNBA roster, even if it's not Minnesota for some reason.

It is confirmed via the Minneapolis Star Tribune that she will be held out of the 2020 season while she continues to rehab.

The team said that her rehab is a couple months behind schedule due to a lack of access to team facilities.

She should be back with Minnesota for 2021 but she will have missed nearly two full years at that point.

Forward Jessica Shepard, coming back from an ACL injury sustained early last season, will not play in the WNBA this year.

She will officially be listed as suspended while staying in the Twin Cities and, when allowed in a summer affected by the coronavirus pandemic, will return to working on her rehab with the team’s training staff.

For Shepard, it had to have been a difficult decision. The team’s second-round selection in the 2019 draft, Shepard was an early surprise, averaging 4.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists of the bench over the first six games. But she tore the ACL in her right knee June 8 and had surgery June 20.

The pandemic and decision to close WNBA facilities essentially robbed Shepard of valuable rehab time with the team’s training staff.

“Because of the pandemic she lost two months,” Reeve said.

The plan is to have Shepard back for 2021.

so while an ACL injury is significant, it's not like it takes away her best assets. She'll still be tough, an excellent passer and rebounder with a good outside shot. It might hurt her lateral quickness some but that wasn't her game to begin with either!

because she is still recovering from her ACL