{"id":457999,"date":"2026-09-09T06:25:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T06:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457999\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T06:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T06:25:28","slug":"49ers-rams-injuries-alfred-collins-season-ends-with-torn-patellar-tendon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457999\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers-Rams Injuries: Alfred Collins\u2019 season ends with torn patellar tendon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">This marks another season-ending injury before the season has even started.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">This certainly doesn\u2019t bode well for the 49ers\u2019 injury concerns and for Collins, who had flashes in 2025 but needed to get some consistency going in his second season as a pro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Ricky Pearsall\u2019s season ended in August after the team decided he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ninersnation.com\/san-francisco-49ers-injuries\/160883\/49ers-former-1st-round-pick-ricky-pearsalls-season-is-officially-over\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">needed surgery for his PCL<\/a>. Mykel Williams is on the PUP list. Collins becomes the latest player on a rookie contract to miss significant time with a season-ending injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The most recent example of an NFL player who weighs over 300 pounds missing time with a torn patellar tendon was Los Angeles Chargers offensive tackle Rashawn Slater. He missed the entire 2025 regular season after sustaining the injury in August 2025. His recovery time was 10 to 12 months. Slater returned to practice for the Chargers OTAs in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">If all goes well, Collins will be ready for training camp in 2026. Unfortunately, for Collins, things don\u2019t usually go well when we\u2019re talking about athletes returning from patellar tendon injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC11806464\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent study from 2025<\/a>, 85.7% of the athletes return but fail to start as many games as they did before the injury, while another 76.8% fail to return to their previous performance level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The 49ers have Osa Odighizuwa, but the spot next to him seems a bit ambiguous. CJ West, Gracen Halton, and James Thompson Jr. are on the depth chart, but Thompson hasn\u2019t been practicing. According to Kyle Shanahan, Thompson Jr.\u2018s availability will be determined by how Wednesday\u2019s practice goes for the undrafted free agent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">A practice squad call-up is probably in the cards with both injuries. The options include Sebastian Valdez and Kevin Givens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The 49ers are currently in Melbourne, Australia, preparing for the Los Angeles Rams. For Collins, this just sucks on a number of levels, especially days before his season gets started.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Last year, when the 49ers were on the road against the Rams, Collins helped stop the Rams from scoring on the 49ers\u2019 own goal line, one of many impact plays the 49ers made to win a game many did not see them winning. Seeing a repeat would have been nice, but it won\u2019t be happening this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This marks another season-ending injury before the season has even started. 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