The Texans confirmed wide receiver Will Fuller tore his ACL in Thursday’s victory over the Dolphins.

Bill O'Brien confirms that WR Will Fuller V tore his ACL and will be out for the rest of the season. — Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) October 26, 2018

Our initial post at 8:45 p.m. Thursday:

It probably wasn’t just the 19-point lead that made the Texans decide wide receiver Will Fuller wouldn’t return in the fourth quarter of Thursday’s game against the Dolphins.


By video, Fuller appears to have torn his ACL in his right knee.

Hope Will Fuller V is ok...Knee definitely buckled. pic.twitter.com/Q530F2BnXt — ACL Recovery Club (@ACLrecoveryCLUB) October 26, 2018

He landed awkwardly as he was interfered with while off-balance.

Fuller walked off the field and even mouthed to a teammate, “I’m good.”


The video says otherwise. He did walk off the field but many others who have torn their ACL have as well.

This was a classic non-contact ACL tear. Certainly, contact put his body off-balance leading to the tear, but there was no contact to the right knee.

In this case, I hope the video lies. Otherwise, this will be a costly victory for the Texans.

UPDATES:


5 p.m. Friday: This post was updated to reflect official confirmation of our original analysis.