Dolphins\u00a0linebacker\u00a0Jaelan Phillips\u00a0will sit out the rest of the 2024 season because of a partially torn ACL, the team confirmed Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Phillips initially suffered the injury during Monday’s loss to the\u00a0Tennessee Titans, when the helmet of teammate\u00a0Jordan Poyer\u00a0collided with his right knee while trying to tackle Titans running back\u00a0Tony Pollard\u00a0in the second quarter. Phillips was escorted to the locker room for further testing and asked to reenter the game; he did so after being fitted for a brace at halftime.<\/p>\n
Dolphins trainers identified some instability in Phillips’ knee but determined he could finish the game without exacerbating the injury. Phillips, however, left the game for good in the third quarter when he felt the brace was not helping him.<\/p>\n
“I mean it’s not exciting at all, especially when you watch someone work so hard to earn every rep,” coach Mike McDaniel said. “It’s tough. Jaelan has continually impressed me since I’ve gotten to know him — he recognizes that this is in a contact sport. This is a contact injury, and he doesn’t know the ‘why’s’ necessarily currently, but he knows that he is not going to be worse but going to be better for all those things.”<\/p>\n
Phillips finishes the season with a sack and eight pressures in four games this season. He also sat out nine games for various injuries last season, most of them because of a torn right Achilles sustained in Week 12. He was able to work his way back from the Achilles tear and was medically cleared to play in August.<\/p>\n
The fourth-year player announced\u00a0on his Instagram account\u00a0he would undergo reconstructive surgery.<\/p>\n