Seahawks TE Elijah Arroyo to miss rest of season after shoulder surgery

Seattle Seahawks tight end Elijah Arroyo is undergoing shoulder surgery Thursday and will miss the rest of the season, according to Adam Schefter. Seattle also moved him to injured reserve, ending the possibility of a return during the remaining games this year.

Arroyo hurt his shoulder last week at Denver. The season-ending surgical update turns that earlier injury into a long-term absence rather than a week-to-week availability question. Schefter’s report identifies the treatment and the outcome for this season, but does not specify a recovery schedule beyond it.

Seattle made Arroyo’s injured-reserve move alongside a backfield change: the club activated running back Zach Charbonnet from the physically unable to perform list. Brady Henderson reported both transactions. The two moves concern different positions and should not be read as one player replacing the other on the field. They do, however, put both developments in the same roster decision as the Seahawks prepare for the Kansas City Chiefs.

The tight-end news is the decisive development for Arroyo. Being placed on injured reserve ordinarily marks a substantial absence, but Schefter’s surgery report goes further and rules out the rest of this season. Seattle now has to navigate its remaining schedule without him, while the separate activation of Charbonnet gives the team another option in the running-back group. The injury’s longer-term effect beyond this season has not been established by the reporting.