Seattle Seahawks operating again Kenny McIntosh was prone to be an enormous a part of the workforce’s plans for the upcoming season. Now, the Seahawks are dealing with issues that McIntosh can be sidelined for the season with a possible torn ACL.
McIntosh went down with a knee harm in the course of the Seahawks’ coaching camp apply on Saturday, and the Seattle Times reports {that a} league supply confirmed the prognosis of a torn ACL with additional testing to happen to verify the harm.
McIntosh, a 2023 seventh-round draft pick of Georgia, has been within the combine for the No. 3 spot on the workforce’s operating again depth chart behind Kenneth Walker III and Zach Charbonnet. Given Walker’s accidents final season, limiting him to 11 begins and 542 yards on 145 carries, depth is at a premium for the Seahawks. Charbonnet crammed in effectively when Walker was out, averaging 76 yards per sport down the stretch on the bottom in 4 of the final 5 weeks. McIntosh factored in throughout these instances, choosing up 95 yards on 14 carries over the ultimate two weeks of the season.
Along with operating again duties, McIntosh was within the combine to function a kick returner for Seattle. He averaged 25.5 yards on six returns final season.
McIntosh was taking part in a special-teams drill on Saturday when he went down with a non-contact harm. McIntosh was tended to by trainers earlier than being helped off the sector with out having the ability to place weight on his injured leg.
The Georgia product, who is ready to make $1.03 million this season within the third of a four-season contract, additionally suffered a pre-season knee harm in 2023, leading to simply three video games performed with out a carry.