Supply: Cincy fears RB Anderson tore ACL once more

CINCINNATI — The season for one of many Bengals’ promising rookies is probably going over.

Staff officers consider working again Rodney Anderson tore his ACL once more in Thursday’s preseason finale, a supply instructed ESPN’s Adam Schefter. It could be the second time in as a few years that Anderson suffered the very same harm.

The sixth-round decide left Thursday’s sport with a proper knee harm after a Four-yard carry within the first quarter of the Bengals’ 13-6 loss to the Indianapolis Colts. It was Anderson’s second sport of the preseason and was three weeks after he was cleared to follow.

Anderson tore the ACL in his proper knee within the second sport of his 2018 season at Oklahoma. The rookie was anticipated to offer depth to a Bengals backfield that options veterans Joe Mixon and Giovani Bernard.

Within the third preseason sport, Anderson confirmed why the Bengals used a late-round decide on him. He had 4 catches for 51 yards in his first sport motion since he was in faculty and drew reward from rookie Bengals coach Zac Taylor.

However as soon as once more, a promising yr seems to have come to an abrupt halt. At Oklahoma, he suffered three season-ending accidents. In 4 years, he appeared in solely 17 video games for the Sooners.

Anderson was one in every of two working backs Cincinnati chosen within the sixth spherical of this yr’s draft. The Bengals additionally took Texas A&M’s Trayveon Williams, who led the SEC in dashing in 2018.

If Anderson might be out for your complete season, the Bengals will doubtless have a further spot accessible forward of Saturday’s roster cuts. It may additionally enhance Williams’ position when he returns to the sphere. He missed the ultimate two preseason video games with a foot harm.