Titans wide receiver Treylon Burks suffered LCL sprain, will miss a few weeks, per report

The Tennessee Titans’ second-year wide receiver, Treylon Burks, left practice early on Tuesday with an apparent leg injury. And now we know the severity of his injury. According to NFL Network’s insider Ian Rapoport, the former Arkansas razorback star suffered an LCL sprain during practice.

“Titans WR Treylon Burks suffered an LCL sprain during practice today, sources say after the MRI. This is good news, as Burks should only miss a few weeks. A scare, but a solid result considering,” wrote Rapoport via social media.

The good news for the Titans and their young star receiver is it is only a sprain of one of the ligaments in the knee and not something more severe, like a season-ending ACL tear. A timeline for Burks’ return has yet to be determined, but all signs point to the former Razorback being back on the field sometime in the near future.

NFL reporter Turron Davenport made the initial report on Burks’ injury earlier on Wednesday.

“Treylon Burks just made a deep catch from Ryan Tannehill for a TD. Tumbled go the ground and got up limping. He walked off with help from the trainers who were holding his left knee.”

Moments later, Davenport tweeted that Burks was being carted off the field.

“They’re now taking Burks off the field on a cart.”

Prior to the cart coming out, Davenport said Burks laid on the ground a while as teammates and staff members gathered around.

“Treylon Burks is laying down while the trainers look at him. He has both hands on his head and Ran Carthon is talking to him. DeAndre Hopkins and Derrick Henry just came over too,” Davenport reported.

Last season, Burks also dealt with injury issues and sat out some time due to a toe problem. Nonetheless, he still played in 11 games as a rookie in 2022, hauling in 33 receptions on 54 targets for 444 yards and a touchdown. Some pretty decent numbers for a first-year guy in an offense that struggled mightily at the line of scrimmage and couldn’t find consistent quarterback play.

Plus, the Titans simply didn’t have much other receiving talent, which isn’t as true this year since the team signed five-time All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins just recently. He may be on the other side of 30 and out of his athletic prime at this stage of his career, but D-Hop is still a top target in the league.

On3’s Alex Weber contributed to this article