Dolphins cornerback Artie Burns has torn ACL, supply says

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Dolphins cornerback Artie Burns is predicted to overlook the whole 2025 season after tearing his ACL on the workforce’s first day of coaching camp, a supply advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

An MRI confirmed what the Dolphins’ medical employees feared Thursday, after Burns suffered the harm shortly after the beginning of Wednesday’s observe. Burns went to the bottom after tangling up with a teammate throughout place drills and slammed his helmet out of frustration.

He was later seen leaving the sphere on crutches.

Burns signed a one-year cope with the Dolphins this offseason after spending the previous three seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. He has not been a full-time starter since 2017 however had the chance to compete for a beginning job in Miami — the place an already-thin place is now much more prevalent of a difficulty.

Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel stated Wednesday that whereas the workforce is assured in its present group of cornerbacks, it can at all times look to enhance.

“In case you have youth at a place that is creating and also you’re creating it and you’ve got confidence in it, you are going to have faith in it earlier than the folks that have not seen it do,” he stated. “So, we’re assured within the group. That being stated, not closing the door for something. There’s a number of gamers we discuss each day, however we’re additionally very excited with some guys which have so much to show and know that and are excited in regards to the alternative.”

At some point after Burns’ harm, the Dolphins signed veteran cornerback Cornell Armstrong — who they initially drafted within the sixth spherical of the 2018 draft. Armstrong was not on an NFL roster final season and spent the 2023 season on the Las Vegas Raiders observe squad.