The Bengals announced that they have re-signed OL Jaxson Kirkland to a one-year contract extension. Kirkland, 26, went undrafted out of Washington and caught on with the Bengals soon after.
Jaxson Kirkland made it onto an NFL roster, played in two games and he's done, at least for this season. On Monday, Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor revealed the former University of Washington offensive lineman tore a biceps muscle in his team's 41-38 loss to the Baltimore Ravens and has been lost for the rest of the schedule.
The Bengals placed cornerback Dax Hill and offensive lineman Jaxson Kirkland on injured reserve on Tuesday. Both players will miss the rest of the season.
The hits keep on coming for the Cincinnati Bengals. Hits meaning players lost for the season due to injury issues. On the heels of losing starting cornerback
Bengals offensive lineman Jaxson Kirkland tore his bicep in Sunday's 41-38 loss to the Ravens. The injury occurred in the fourth quarter according to head coach Zac Taylor.
To those in his newly adopted Ohio city, he is the new Jaxson Kirkland, the surprise of the Cincinnati Bengals training camp, an undrafted player who in inspiring fashion earned a franchise promotion from the practice squad to the 53-man roster.
Thirty-one former University of Washington football players earned NFL roster spots on Tuesday for the coming season, with more than a third coming from the Huskies' recent CFB national championship runner-up team.
The massive tackle from Washington made Jackson Carman an afterthought. The Cincinnati Bengals have had some pleasant surprises this offseason, but none bigger than the one who is biggest physically.
Jaxson Kirkland always has been a patient man with his football career, simply waiting for the University of Washington to make him a late offer in the recruiting process and at the end working his way back from a serious ankle injury that greatly affected his pro prospects.
The Bengals lost to the Bears 27-3 on Saturday afternoon. They didn't play any of their starters. Here are our winners and losers from the second preseason game of the season: Winners: Matt Lee and Jaxson Kirkland Lee and Kirkland held up well, getting valuable reps against the Bears' first-team defense.
For 18 months, Jaxson Kirkland hasn't played in a regular-season football game, not since lining up at left offensive guard in the 2022 Alamo Bowl and sharing in the University of Washington's 27-20 victory over Texas -- which doesn't seem at all right for someone singled out as a three-time, first-team All-Pac-12 selection.
Throughout the summer leading up to the regular season, we will go through the entire 2024 Cincinnati Bengals roster. Every single day until the season opener against the New England Patriots, we will break down a player on the roster including his background, contract status, and path towards making the team.
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