Pro Bowl wide receiver Stefon Diggs’s debut season with the Houston Texans is now over, as a torn ACL suffered on Sunday will force him to miss the rest of the year. The team announced the move on Tuesday and placed Diggs on injured reserve, ending his season after just eight games.
Diggs suffered the non-contact injury late in the third quarter of Houston’s 23–20 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in Week 8. He was running a route on a play while being covered by Colts cornerback Kenny Moore. When trying to make a cut, Diggs stepped awkwardly and then immediately began hopping on his left leg while grabbing at his right knee. He then crumpled to the turf and was surrounded by Texans trainers. While he was able to walk on his own off the field and to the locker room, he didn’t return to the game and won’t return this season.
