It’s only the beginning of Week 3 of the NFL season and it has already become a brutal year for injuries.
From Saquon Barkley, to Christian McCaffrey, to Nick Bosa, to Drew Lock, to Courtland Sutton. The list continues on and on with nearly every team at this point having seen one of their key contributors go down with a significant injury.
Last night that list got even longer when former Badger linebacker Leon Jacobs was carted off the field in the first quarter of the Jacksonville Jaguars’ game against the Miami Dolphins with what doctors believe to be a torn patella tendon.
By video, the news is not good.
Appears to have right knee patella tendon rupture which would mean surgery and end of his season.
Hope the limited video lies. https://t.co/6YsMMyHshG— David J. Chao – ProFootballDoc (@ProFootballDoc) September 25, 2020
Jacobs has been battling for playing time since making the roster as seventh round pick back in 2018 and had been succeeding at doing so, going from playing 15 percent of the team’s defensive snaps in Week 1 to 26 percent in Week 2.
The linebacker’s season will likely end with 3 solo tackles and one tackle for loss.
Former Badger linebacker Vince Biegel chimed in on Twitter and sent prayers to Jacobs after seeing him get hurt firsthand.
Prayers up for my guy Leon Jacobs. Been a tough few weeks in the NFL.
— Vince Biegel (@VinceBiegel) September 25, 2020
More information will come this weekend about Jacobs’ status and the severity of the injury.