Find out which NFL players are dealing with injuries this preseason.
The injury report is updated daily throughout the preseason.
Also, be sure to bookmark our NFL Injured Reserve Tracker, which will be updated weekly throughout the season.
NFL Injury Report: All 32 Teams
Ashton Jeanty Ankle Injury: Analysis & Return Timeline
Ashton Jeanty has missed practice to start this week after suffering an ankle injury.
However, the injury is believed to be minor, and it shouldn’t keep him out of action long-term.
That’s good news as the Raiders try to rebuild their offense in 2026 around Jeanty, Brock Bowers, and – eventually – Fernando Mendoza.
Jeanty struggled as a rookie, averaging just 3.7 yards per carry and totalling just 975 yards on 266 carries.
He was the only running back in the NFL last year with over 235 carries and under 1,000 yards.
Rookie fourth-round pick Mike Washington Jr. is currently second on the team’s depth chart.
He averaged 6.4 yards per carry as a fifth-year junior at Arkansas.
A healthy Jeanty in a more functional offense would be a huge step forward for the rebuilding Raiders.
Jayden Higgins Knee Injury: Analysis & Return Timeline
Jayden Higgins will spend 2026 on the shelf after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ACL.
The second-year receiver suffered the injury in practice last week.
Usually we would have to theorize on how the Texans will replace Higgins, but the team traded for Patriots’ WR Kayshon Boutte on Monday.
Boutte has played exclusively on the outside in his three-year career, making him a perfect fit to slide into Higgins’ role opposite Nico Collins.
Boutte saw his volume numbers drop in 2025, but he was an explosive downfield threat, averaging 17.0 air yards per target and 15.5 yards before the catch.
Sam LaPorta Hip Injury: Analysis & Return Timeline
Sam LaPorta has been absent from practice the last few days due to a hip injury, and despite the Lions downplaying its severity, LaPorta’s status for Week 1 is now in question.
LaPorta missed the final eight games of 2025 after undergoing back surgery.
This new injury is considered unrelated to the herniated disk that ended his season prematurely.
Brock Wright stepped up in LaPorta’s absence last year, but he failed to record over 30 yards in any game.
The Lions also signed Tyler Conklin this offseason, but he caught just 7 passes in 10 games with the Chargers last year.
The hope for Detroit is that LaPorta can shake off this injury and be a star in new offensive coordinator Drew Petzing’s scheme.
In Petzing’s three years as an OC with the Cardinals, Trey McBride earned 422 targets and was named First-Team All-Pro in 2025.
Danny Pinter Knee Injury: Analysis & Return Timeline
The Ravens will be without C Danny Pinter for all of 2026 after he suffered a torn patellar tendon last week.
That means 10-year veteran Ethan Pocic will slide into the starting lineup after spending the last four seasons as the starting center for the Browns.
He previously spent five years with the Seahawks.
You could consider Pocic “Plan C” at center after Baltimore watched All-Pro Tyler Linderbaum leave for Las Vegas in free agency.
Linderbaum was the team’s highest-graded run blocker on Pro Football Focus in each of the last three years, leaving a gaping hole in the middle of the Ravens’ line that they hope Pocic can fill with his veteran experience now that Pinter is lost.
Jeremiyah Love Ankle Injury: Analysis & Return Timeline
Cardinals rookie running back Jeremiyah Love is expected to miss the rest of the preseason after suffering a high ankle sprain in the team’s preseason opener.
Following the game, head coach Mike LaFleur told reporters that Love “could have returned” following his injury, but with this new diagnosis, Love’s availability for Week 1 is in question.
The third-overall pick played 23 snaps during the first half, and his 14 touches were by far the most by any first-round pick in the first preseason game.
What makes this even more peculiar is the rest of the Cardinals were sent to the showers following the team’s first drive, but Love remained on the field for another 13 snaps before exiting with his injury.
The Cardinals will turn to Tyler Allgeier to take over the bulk of the reps for the rest of the preseason while Love is out, but it will be worth monitoring whether LaFleur’s over-usage of Love this weekend will cost him regular-season reps.
Luther Burden Groin Injury: Analysis & Return Timeline
Bears WR Luther Burden is expected to miss the rest of training camp after suffering a strained groin in practice.
Burden is still expected to have a bigger role in the offense after posting 600 yards in his rookie season.
Chicago traded D.J. Moore to the Bills in the offseason to open up more reps for Burden opposite Rome Odunze.
Long-time Lion Kalif Raymond could see more playing time if Burden’s absence extends into the regular season.
Caleb Williams is no stranger to spreading the ball around; the Bears had four different players with over 600 receiving yards in 2025.
However, Burden did lead the team with 10.8 yards per target last year and hauled in over 78% of his targets as a rookie.
Raymond had a career-low 5.6 ADOT in 2025 and caught just 24 passes in 15 games last year.
NFL Injury Designations Explained
Every team is required to release a weekly injury report during the season, and those reports can designate an injured player as questionable, doubtful, or out.
What do those designations mean?
- Questionable: Player is uncertain to play
- Doubtful: Player is unlikely to play
- Out: Player will not play
