Dolphins place tackle Austin Jackson on IR with knee injury

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  • Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNNovember 11, 2024, 5:18 PM ET

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      Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills before moving to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE breaking news award and the South Carolina Press Association award for business writing in 2018.

LOS ANGELES – The Miami Dolphins placed starting right tackle Austin Jackson on injured reserve Monday with a knee injury that forced him to miss three practices this week.

Jackson will miss at least the next four games, but coach Mike McDaniel said Saturday he did not expect the injury to be season-ending. It is unclear who will take Jackson’s spot in the starting lineup, but either veteran Kendall Lamm or rookie Patrick Paul are expected to fill the role.

Jackson missed 15 games in 2022 due to various injuries, but was durable in 2023, playing in 17 of the team’s 18 games. He was awarded a three-year, $36 million contract extension in December 2023.

Jackson had played in all eight of Miami’s games this season.

Wide receiver River Cracraft, who was placed on injured reserve after injuring his shoulder in the team’s first preseason game in August, was activated Monday. Cracraft could be called up immediately as Tyreek Hill, the Dolphins’ leading receiver, is questionable to play in Monday night’s game against the Los Angeles Rams with a wrist injury.

Miami also signed defensive tackle Neil Farrell to the active roster and elevated long snapper Tucker Addington and offensive tackle Jackson Carman to the active roster for Monday night’s game.