Awful news for Jets wide receiver Devin Smith. Smith tore his ACL in the first team workout of the year, GM Mike Maccagnan told reporters moments ago. He already had surgery for the tear and will miss the entire 2017 season. 
Smith, 25, suffered an ACL tear in the same knee in his rookie season. All in all, the 2015 second round pick has seen just 3 games of action in total since entering the league. Smith was one of Maccagnan’s first draft picks as Jets GM and we’ll have to wait another year to find out whether he can bring anything to the table in New York.
The Jets now have seven wide receivers on the roster as they look ahead to the 2017 season. Eric Decker, Quincy Enunwa, and Robby Anderson lead the way with free agent pickup Quinton Patton, third round rookie ArDarius Stewart, Charone Peake, and Jalin Marshall in support. One has to imagine that Smith’s injury and Marshall’s four-game ban played into the team’s decision to draft Stewart.
Why would they declare him out for the season when guys come back in-season sometimes now from ACL tears? Just wondering? This does seem to point to him being too injury prone to play in the NFL though. He’s making Perriman look durable.
No one comes back in season from ACL tears. It’s a 9 month minimum and that’s just b/c Peterson beast moded it. An ACL tear in May means he wouldn’t have a chance to be viable until January so yeah he’s done for the season
This guy always getting hurt