Titans’ DeAndre Hopkins Avoids Surgery on Knee Injury; Will Miss ‘Several Weeks’

Julia StumbaughAugust 3, 2024

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Tennessee Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins will be sidelined for “several weeks” with a knee injury, head coach Brian Callahan told reporters Saturday (h/t NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.)

The injury did not require surgery, Callahan noted.

Callahan said that Hopkins’ return after four weeks was likely, but not guaranteed, per Rapoport.

The four week recovery timeline would sideline Hopkins for the rest of the Titans’ training camp and preseason, but see him back on the field on Sept. 8 for the team’s regular-season opener against the Chicago Bears.

“Let’s call it several weeks with a knee, not a surgical issue,” Callahan said, per Titans reported Easton Freeze. “So the timeline can vary on those injuries. So it’ll be a few weeks probably until he’s back and ready to roll.”

Hopkins participated in practice Wednesday with a wrap on his left knee, then left the field with Titans sports medicine director Todd Torischelli, according to Paul Kuharsky and ESPN’s Turron Davenport.

TURRON DAVENPORT @TDavenport_NFLHere is video of #Titans WR DeAndre Hopkins with a wrap on his left knee during individual period of practice yesterday. pic.twitter.com/SZG0Orw6gv

Kuharsky initially reported that Hopkins could miss “four to six weeks” with the injury.

The shorter end of that recovery timeline would lead to Hopkins’ return one week before the season opener, while the longer end could put the Titans wideout on track to return just before a Week 2 matchup against the New York Jets on Sept. 15.

The Titans will hope to get Hopkins back as soon as possible in order to match up quarterback Will Levis, who is set to get the Week 1 starting nod for the first time in his career, with one of his top targets from last season.

Hopkins led Titans receivers with 75 catches, 1,057 yards and seven touchdowns in 2023, and was particularly effective when catching passes from Levis.

This season, however, the Titans have enough experienced receivers to weather at least a temporary absence from Hopkins.

After adding Calvin Ridley and Tyler Boyd to the roster, and having given 2022 first-rounder Treylon Burks nine starts last season, Tennessee should have enough receiving depth to provide reps for first-year offensive coordinator Nick Holz while Hopkins recovers from his injury.