Whereas Alvin Kamara averted a critical damage, he is nonetheless going to overlook vital time main as much as the season.
Alvin Kamara will miss a month with an MCL pressure
The New Orleans Saints‘ star working again will miss at the very least a month with an MCL pressure, as first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday morning.
Kamara suffered the damage throughout a current joint observe with the Dallas Cowboys. However what many considered one thing that might value Kamara most, if not all, of 2026, it now seems he’ll keep away from surgical procedure and be capable to play early within the season.
Kamara has missed at the very least a couple of video games in every of his most up-to-date seasons
However though the MCL pressure, versus a tear gives a a lot faster path ahead, this may lead to one other season the Saints should be with out Kamara for a variety of video games. He was solely in a position to play in 11 video games final season, 14 in 2024 and 13 in 2023.
Nonetheless, the now 31-year-old has proven he can nonetheless be productive when wholesome and on the sphere. He ran for 471 yards for a median of three.6 yards per carry in 2025 and racked up 950 yards and 6 touchdowns off solely 228 carries in 2024 for a median of 4.2 yards per contact, his highest in any of the previous 5 seasons.
2026 will mark Kamara’s tenth NFL season
A five-time Professional Bowler and two-time second-team All-Professional, Kamara has amassed 7,250 speeding yards, a cumulative common of 4.3 yards per carry and recorded 61 touchdowns in 126 video games throughout 9 NFL seasons. He was additionally named the NFL’s 2017 Offensive Rookie of the Yr after being drafted within the third spherical following a university profession that noticed him go from Alabama, to junior school, to returning to the SEC to spend two years at Tennessee.
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