Saints' Kelvin Banks Jr. to have surgery on severe high-ankle sprain, out indefinitely
Saints left tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. suffered a severe high-ankle sprain and is now expected to have surgery, leaving him out indefinitely with a late-season return possible
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Saints left tackle Kelvin Banks Jr.'s injury has taken a significant turn: tests Monday revealed a severe high-ankle sprain, and the second-year lineman is expected to have surgery to repair it, leaving him out indefinitely.
Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet): #Saints OT Kelvin Banks Jr suffered a severe high-ankle sprain and is now expected to have surgery to repair it, tests revealed today. He is out indefinitely. Banks, one of the top young OTs, has a chance to return late in the season if all goes well. But a significant loss.
The news ratchets up what was reported earlier Monday, when the team believed Banks had suffered a high-ankle sprain and was weighing a possible IR stint. Now with surgery on the table, Banks has a chance to return late in the season if all goes well, per the report, but the loss is a heavy one for New Orleans up front. The first-round talent had seized the left tackle job and was emerging as one of the league's top young tackles.
His absence adds another headache to a Saints offensive line that will have to reshuffle to keep the protection clean while Banks recovers, with the club hoping the procedure allows him back before the season's end.