Lions CB Okudah has season-ending Achilles tendon injury

Updated Sep. 13, 2021 3:00 p.m. ET

Associated Press

Detroit Lions cornerback Jeff Okudah has a season-ending Achilles tendon injury, the team announced Monday.

“He will be out for the rest of the year,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said. “I hate it for him, and I hate it for us as a team because he has really been coming around.”

Okudah was hurt in the fourth quarter Sunday as the

“As someone who was injured a lot as a player, I know what it is like to be in the training room again,” Campbell said. “You have to be careful to let it get you down. His whole focus after the surgery has to be getting ready for 2022.”

Detroit drafted the Ohio State star with the

Lions secondary coach Aubrey Pleasant was seen

Campbell said the team will look for a veteran to help a very young secondary.

Detroit (0-1) will play at

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