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A suture was passed through each tunnel combination and attached to a string potentiometer. The knee was ranged from full extension to 120 degrees of flexion for 10 cycles while mounted in a custom fixture. The change in length (excursion) of the suture during movement was recorded for each combination of femoral and tibial tunnels. Anatomic reconstruction of the ACL with tunnel placement in the center of the femoral and tibial footprint did not result in an isometric graft, with excursion of the ACL during knee motion of 7.46 mm (standard deviation [SD]: 2.7mm), greatest at 2.84 degrees of flexion (SD: 4.22). The tunnel combination that resulted in the least excursion was a femoral footprint 5 mm anterior to the femoral and 5 mm posterior to the tibial footprint (4. 2mm, SD: 1.37 mm). The tunnel combination that resulted in the most excursion utilized femoral footprint 5 mm proximal to the femoral and 5 mm posterior to the tibial footprint (9.81 mm, SD: 2.68 mm). Anatomic ACL reconstruction results in significant excursion of the ACL throughout motion. If not tensioned properly, the ACL can stretch during range of motion, potentially leading to rerupture. To prevent stretching of the graft, the current biomechanical study recommends tensioning an anatomic ACL reconstruction at its point of maximal excursion, or between 0 and 5 degrees of flexion. 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