Faggin evidently did not just "roll his" ankle, which simply tears away a piece of bone still attached to the connecting muscle. This is usually treated conservatively with casting or 4-6 weeks (time of actual bone healing). The prognosis is usually long term excellent........same for a simple stress fracture..........crutches until no pain.......then rehab.
The metatarsal is the bone connecting the toe bone with the ankle bone (instep area). When there is a mid shaft fracture, these can be treated again conservatively, except for 6-8 weeks. In the case of an athlete like Faggin, you're better off to give more assurance to healing in a timely manner with surgery....internal screw fixation and soft cast/boot.
Jones fractures have been many times misreferred to as synonymous with mid shaft fractures. However they refer to a fracture in a specific area of the shaft. If you think of a drumstick, you can picture a bone that looks like a sort of a dumbell........a central shaft with a ball like structure on either end containing the joint surfaces.........the distal ball connected to the toe bone ad the proximal connected to the ankle bone. Well in this case (Jones fracture), the fracture is located right at the junction of where the shaft and the proximal ball meets. This particular fracture is seldom treated with the conservative 6-8 week casting,, especially in athletes. Surgically driving a screw from the ball to the shaft is usually used to secure the fracture. Healing again is usually 4-6 weeks.
The recovery to return to full activity is variable from player to player to player. After shaft and Jones fracture surgery, the patient is usually fitted with a well-padded splint or cast. Weight bearing is allowed, as tolerated, as soon as 7 to 10 days postoperatively. The patients return to light exercise, such as swimming, stationary bicycling, or the use of a stair-step machine, is allowed in 2 to 3 weeks. For athletes, the return to competitive activity is guided by the patients symptoms, ( running on a hard surface can begin once soreness is relieved, usually at 6-8 weeks, and then finally a return to full activities including twisting and pivoting by 8-10 weeks) but it can usually occur within 12 weeks.
The good news is that once healed and properly rehabbed, prognosis for return to preinjury performance is excellent.