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NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports Jets G Alijah Vera-Tucker suffered a torn triceps muscle that will put him on injured reserve.
Rapoport adds Vera-Tucker will be out indefinitely and the injury will “almost certainly end his season.”
It’s an unfortunate blow for both the team and Vera-Tucker, as he’s possibly their best offensive lineman and a key piece of how they want to play on offense this year.
It’s also another unfortunate injury setback for Vera-Tucker, who’s missed 25 games over his first four seasons. He also had a season-ending triceps injury in 2022 after five games.
Vera-Tucker, 26, was a two-year starter at USC, an honorable mention All-American, Morris Trophy winner, and first-team All-Pac 12 in 2020.
The Jets drafted Vera-Tucker with the pick No. 14 overall in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
He was entering the final year of a four-year, $15,885,028 contract with the Jets, including an $8,912,748 signing bonus, when the Jets exercised his fifth-year option back in April of 2024.
In 2024, Vera-Tucker appeared in and started 15 games for the Jets at right guard.
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