An instrument for harvesting an osteochondral plug graft in an implantable configuration, comprises a support pod comprising an elongated tubular member distally terminating in at least three splayed legs a drill bit encompassed within a longitudinal axis of the tubular member and a guide wire encompassed within a longitudinal axis of passageway of the drill bit and terminating at a threaded distal end for removably fixing a distal end of the instrument in a position oriented normal to an osteochondral surface for harvesting an osteochondral plug graft in an implantable normal configuration.
