New York Giants rookie pass-rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux will be sidelined three-to-four weeks with a sprained MCL, NFL Network and ESPN reported Monday.
The ACL in the 2022 first-round draft pick’s right knee is “intact,” per the reports.
The Giants didn’t get as lucky with rookie LB Darrian Beavers, who will miss the season with a torn ACL.
Thibodeaux, 21, was injured on a cut block by Cincinnati tight end Thaddeus Moss in the second quarter of the Giants’ 25-22 preseason win against the Bengals on Sunday.
The 6-foot-5, 258-pound Thibodeaux was a first-team All-American at Oregon in 2021 and a third-teamer in 2020. He had seven sacks for the Ducks last season and 19 sacks in his three-year career at the school.
Beavers, 23, injured his knee in the second half against the Bengals. The Giants were high on the 2022 sixth-round draft pick out of Cincinnati. He was listed No. 2 on the Giants’ depth chart behind starter Tae Crowder. Beavers recorded three tackles — including a tackle for a loss — in the Giants’ first preseason game against New England.
He’s the second Giants rookie to be lost for the season with an ACL injury, joining fifth-round offensive lineman Marcus McKethan.
–Field Level Media
