The rookie for the Carolina Panthers has suffered another torn ACL after spending a year off the field due to initial surgery.
with the Carolina Panthers three weeks ago against the Kansas City Chiefs, but his professional football career has come to a painstaking halt once more.
Panthers head coach Dave Canales announced on Monday that Brooks re-tore his ACL during the team's 22-16 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, and will undergo another season-ending surgery.RB Jonathan Brooks re-tore his ACL and he’ll have season-ending surgery, coach Dave Canales told reporters. Just crushing for the promising back.
Brooks initially tore his ACL in the last game of the regular 2023 season at Texas and received surgery that caused him to miss out on the Big 12 Championship and postseason College Football Playoff game against Washington. Despite his injury, Brooks was picked up by the Panthers during the second round of this spring's NFL Draft while in the midst of rehabilitation. He sat out for the first 10 games of the season and was able to take the field against the Chiefs in Week 12, racking up 22 rushing yards on nine carries since then.
His injury leaves a 2-7 Panthers team with few options in the running back room, as backup running back Raheem Blackshear also left the game due to a chest injury that took him to the hospital.Emma Hutchinson is a senior journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin, covering the Texas Longhorns for SI/Fan Nation since June of 2024.
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