Hunter Long‘s season has come to an end. The Rams tight end will require season-ending MCL surgery, coach Sean McVay told reporters.
“It’s a bummer for him. He was doing a really good job,” McVay said (via the team’s website). “He’s fought through a lot of adversity this year, and I thought he played really well in the early parts of that game. And so you hate that for him. But looking forward to him rehabbing and doing a good job with us moving forward.”
This past offseason, Long was traded to the Rams alongside a third-round pick for cornerback Jalen Ramsey. A thigh injury sidelined him for the first chunk of the season, but he managed to return to the active roster in mid-November.
In total, the tight end got into four games during his debut season in Los Angeles, including a start yesterday. Since returning to the lineup, Long was serving as the primary TE2 behind Tyler Higbee.
With Long now done for the season, the Rams will likely turn back to some combination of Davis Allen and Brycen Hopkins.
Long was selected by the Dolphins in the third round of the 2021 draft. The Boston College product got into 16 games during his time in Miami, hauling in a single eight-yard catch.
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