TEMPE — Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Michael Wilson will miss the rest of the season with a fracture in his neck that he played through in Sunday’s loss at Seattle, coach Mike LaFleur said Monday.
LaFleur said the injury happened on Arizona’s fourth offensive play, when Wilson made a 17-yard catch and landed on his head, according to Arizona Sports.
“He’s got a fracture in his neck area … he said he just kind of had a kink in his neck, but he’s such a warrior,” LaFleur said. “He didn’t think much of it. Obviously, when the adrenaline wore down, and he had his tests today, that’s (when) we knew.”
Wilson finished Sunday’s 17-3 loss with five catches for 60 yards. Two weeks earlier against Dallas, he played with two broken ribs and caught eight passes for 111 yards, including the game-tying touchdown with six seconds left in regulation.
He ends the season with 51 catches on 89 targets for 546 yards and two touchdowns, Arizona Sports reported.
The 26-year-old 2023 third-round pick signed a three-year extension in September worth up to $78 million with $47 million guaranteed, and had taken on a bigger role after the Cardinals traded Marvin Harrison Jr.
Arizona’s injury list keeps growing: center Hjalte Froholdt is in the concussion protocol, defensive lineman Roy Lopez was carted off with a toe injury and quarterback Gardner Minshew is being evaluated for an elbow injury.
The Cardinals host the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday.
Sources: Arizona Sports, Arizona Sports. Thee Arizona Times uses AI-assisted reporting reviewed against the sources listed.
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