67°F
weather icon Clear
Las Vegas, NV
Football

Packers’ Jordy Nelson out for season with ‘significant’ injury

Aug 23, 2015; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson (87) runs after a pass reception against Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Antwon Blake (41) during the first quarter at Heinz Field. The Steelers won 24-19. Nelson was injured on the play. (Charles LeClaire/USA Today Sports)
Aug 23, 2015; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson (87) lays on the field after a pass reception against Pittsburgh Steelers during the first quarter at Heinz Field. The Steelers won 24-19. Nelson was injured on the play. (Charles LeClaire/USA Today Sports)
Aug 23, 2015; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson (87) runs after a pass reception against Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Antwon Blake (41) during the first quarter at Heinz Field. The Steelers won 24-19. Nelson was injured on the play. (Charles LeClaire/USA Today Sports)
More Stories
Raiders tight end Michael Mayer (87) blocks against Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Tuli Tuipul ...
Raiders tight end excited to team with Bowers: ‘We can both do it all’
Kelvin Watson, executive director of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, is seen in Ma ...
‘You’re going to the Super Bowl’: Top library officials accept perk from NFL, ask for more
Raiders’ 3-game preseason schedule finalized with times, dates
Raiders rookie John Samuel Shenker (86) runs through drills during rookies first day of practic ...
Raiders mailbag: What’s the team’s record going to be?
The Sports Xchange
August 24, 2015 - 3:59 pm
 

The Green Bay Packers confirmed Monday that No. 1 wide receiver Jordy Nelson will miss the season with an injured right knee.

The Packers said only that it is a "significant" injury. Reports from major NFL news outlets have indicated it is a torn ACL.

Nelson suffered the injury Sunday in a preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He went up to catch a pass in the first quarter and went down to the turf immediately. He was not touched by a defender. Nelson got up and limped off the field.

Nelson had the best season of his career in 2014, when he was named to the Pro Bowl after catching 98 passes for 1,519 yards and 13 touchdowns.

"It's difficult to lose a guy like that in a meaningless game," quarterback Aaron Rodgers said after the game Sunday.

Randall Cobb, Davante Adams and Ty Montgomery are among the other wide receivers available for the Packers.

THE LATEST
 
Chiefs kicker says most women graduates are more excited about motherhood
The Associated Press

The commencement speaker at Kansas’ Benedictine College, a private Catholic liberal arts school, congratulated the women receiving degrees — and said most of them were probably more excited about getting married and having children.