Detroit Lions 2026 Player Injury Tracker
For quick reference, here are injury notes for most of the players on the Detroit Lions roster. Your feedback, addendums, or corrections are welcome.
Active injury issues will be in red under each player name.
Historical info is not meant to be comprehensive.
Click on player name for a more detailed report if available.
(Games missed in parentheses for select injuries.)
OFFENSE
QB
Jared Goff
2020: thumb fracture surgery
Josh Dobbs
2021: toe
2023: concussion
2022: shoulder?
RB
2023: hamstring (2g)
August 9, 2026: MCL. Suspect Grade 1-2. Projected return: Week 1.
2025: Right MCL
2024: fibula fracture surgery, rib
2023: shoulder surgery, concussion, toe/ankle
2022: hand fracture surgery, shoulder labrum surgery
Sione Vaki
August 3, 2026 - Eye injury, nasal fracture. Likely short-term absence. Projected return: mid-late August.
2025: hamstring (2g), groin (4g)
2024: R knee (1g)
Jacob Saylors
2025: back (1g).
Kye Robichaux
2025: shoulder (missed season)
Jabari Small
2023: shoulder surgery
2025: ankle
2024: chest contusion, shoulder
WR
Amon-Ra St. Brown
2025: hand/wrist?, R low ankle sprain, R knee.
2025 offseason: knee cleanup surgery.
2023: L oblique (1g).
Jameson Williams
2023: R low ankle sprain (1g)
January 10, 2022: ACL
Isaac TeSlaa
2025: chest
2017: perforated intestine
Dominic Lovett
Malik Cunningham
2025: knee cleanup surgery.
2018: shoulder labrum surgery.
2018: R foot fracture
2017: L foot fracture
OL
Penei Sewell
2025: L ankle sprain (1g).
2023: concussion.
Tate Ratledge
2025: neck?
August 9, 2026: Wrist fracture. Expect 8-10 week recovery. Projected return: October. Week 4 to 6.
2025: ankle (3g)
Christian Mahogany
2026: On NFI list for 2 days, unknown reason.
2025: L fibula fracture (6g)
2024: mono
2022: R ACL
2024: wrist surgery
December 2025: Lisfranc surgery. Recovery kept him out during 2026 offseason and early training camp.
2025: Lisfranc, high ankle sprain.
2022: dislocated knee.
2024: Ankle
2022: Ankle/knee, concussion
Devin Cochran
Miles Frazier
2025: knee (12g)
Giovanni Manu
2026: Placed on NFI with unknown injury. Estimated 12-14wk recovery. Projected return: November-December, but may not return.
2025: knee (12g)
Michael Niese
August 9, 2026: Minor soft tissue strain. Projected return: Mid-August.
2024: foot
2023: hamstring
2019: fractured L3 vertebra
2024: Achilles rupture
Colby Sorsdal
2025: L leg? (missed season)
Mason Miller
TE
November 2025: herniated disc microdiscectomy surgery. Suspected L4-L5. Limited in 2026 offseason. Fully cleared for training camp, but likely will be load managed.
2024: L AC joint (1g)
2023: L knee hyperextension.
Brock Wright
2025: trachea (6g)
2023: forearm fracture, hip
2026: On PUP list for about 1 week with calf strain.
2025: groin/hip.
2024: shoulder.
2023: hamstring.
Jackson Meeks
2024: foot surgery screws placed for fracture
Zach Horton
DEFENSE
EDGE
Aidan Hutchinson
2024: L tib/fib fracture
August 2, 2026: Groin strain. 7-10 day expectation. Projected return: Mid-August.
2025 pre-draft: Hamstring
Ahmed Hassanein
2025: R pec strain
2024: ankle surgery.
July 28, 2026: Minor back. Projected return: Anytime.
2025: rib fracture.
2023: toe dislocations surgery.
2021: shoulder.
2016: ACL.
2023: L quad surgery, MRSA, DVT.
DT
Alim McNeill
2026: Very minor neck in camp, no missed time.
2024: R ACL (12/15/24), concussion, TMJ?
2023: R MCL
Tyleik Williams
Tyler Lacy
~May 2025: ACL surgery
2022: L5/S1 spinal fusion
Chris Smith
2025: L ankle surgery
Myles Adams
Mekhi Wingo
August 6, 2026: groin injury. Returned in 4d.
2024: R knee meniscus surgery & follow-up surgery.
2023: groin surgery.
LB
Jack Campbell
Derrick Barnes
2024: Right MCL/PCL surgery
August 4, 2026: Left ankle sprain. Suspect mild severity. Returned Aug 11.
November 28, 2024: ACL
July 31, 2026: Hamstring strain. Expect multi-month recovery. Suspecting grade 2-3 strain. Projected return: October.
2025: Right elbow?
2025: toe
2024: groin/hip
2021: ACL
2022: cervical spine fusion
2024: shoulder surgery
2025: elbow (2g)
2024: concussion
2024: hamstring
CB
DJ Reed
August 7, 2026: Minor groin. Projected return: Anytime.
2025: hamstring (6g)
Ennis Rakestraw
August 2025: shoulder surgery
2024: hamstrings x2 (10g)
early 2024: core muscle surgery
2021: ACL
2025: Left hand fracture with surgery
2022: knee
Khalil Dorsey
2025: concussion, wrist
2024: tib/fib fracture
Nick Whiteside
2022: foot fracture
2021: Achilles rupture
Roger McCreary
2025: groin/hip
Safety
Left knee suspected cartilage damage since at least July 2025. Did not practice in 2026 offseason. Placed on PUP list. Dan Campbell does not expect him to be ready for Week 1. Projected return: Uncertain.
2024 offseason: hip surgery
December 4, 2025: Right Achilles. On PUP, but there is a chance he could come off PUP before Aug 30 cutdown day. Projected return: October or November.
2024: concussion.
2024 offseason: Possible left foot/ankle surgery
2025: hamstring (2g), back
2023: pec surgery
2022: toe surgery
2020: knee
2019: concussion/neck
2024: ankle, torn pec
2023: ACL
2026: NFI list briefly for “flu”
2024: pec
Thomas Harper
2025: 2 concussions
Dan Jackson
2025: leg (missed season)
Loren Strickland
SPECIAL TEAMS
Jake Bates
Jack Fox
Hogan Hatten
ARCHIVE
June 2, 2026: ACL. Placed on IR. Projected return: May 2027.
Terrion Arnold
Active: December 2025 - 2 shoulder surgeries. Still limited during 2026 offseason. Released in June 2026.
2025: concussion
2025: foot.
2021: hand surgery.
Pre-2021: foot ligament.
August 3, 2026: hamstring then waived
2025: ankle/foot
2024: foot
2023: foot
August 6, 2026: ankle then waived
2016: knee dislocation including ACL
2023: hand
2019: right ACL
2026: To IR.
2022: ACL.
August 3, 2026: Fractured fibula, to IR
August 2, 2026: Unspecified leg, to IR. Out for a while per Dan Campbell.
2025: Pec surgery. Possible knee.