New York Jets right tackle and 2020 first-round pick Mekhi Becton will likely miss the entire 2022 after injuring his right knee during training camp on Monday, head coach Robert Saleh confirmed Tuesday. Becton will get a second opinion, per Saleh, but the Jets coach didn't sound too confident it would reveal anything different.
, Becton sustained the injury during a team drill. He fell to the turf and clutched his knee before limping off the practice field to be evaluated. The injury is to the same knee that sidelined Becton for all but one game in 2021. He wasBecton dislocated his kneecap and injured his MCL in 2021's season opener against the Carolina Panthers.
The injury required surgery andThe Jets anticipated Becton to return this season, but moved him from left tackle to right tackle in favor of George Fant, who moved from the right to protecting quarterback Zach Wilson's blind side. Saleh told reporters in July thatThe injury is another setback for Becton, whom the Jets selected amid high expectations with the 11th pick of the 2020 draft out of Louisville.
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