The Seattle Seahawks rookie wideout Jaxon Smith-Njigba will undergo surgery to repair a bone fracture in his wrist. According to Seahawks’ head coach Pete Carroll, Smith-Njigba is expected to miss three to four weeks recovering.
“He’s got a slight fracture that we just want to make sure we do the right thing to ensure that he gets back as soon as possible and as safe as possible,” Carroll told reporters. “We’re going to be optimistic about it. Three, four weeks, we’ll see what happens. We don’t know yet.”
According to Carroll, the team hopes that the 2023’s first-round pick might be ready in time for the season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles.
“We’re staying optimistic. We’ll see what happens,” Carroll added.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba was the first wide receiver off the board in the 2023 NFL Draft, being selected with the No. 20 pick by Seattle. He played college football at Ohio State, where he played 22 games across three years. Smith-Njigba had his best outing in the 2021 college season when he made 95 catches for 1,606 yards and nine touchdowns.
Smith-Njigba’s questionable status for Week 1 provides further headaches for the Seahawks. Their wide receiver corps behind DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett is currently thin, with Dee Eskridge being suspended and Dareke Young dealing with an abductor injury.
