Mohamed Ibrahim of the Detroit Lions has undergone emergency surgery.
Mohamed Ibrahim required emergency surgery, but Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell assured him, “He’ll be okay.”
The Detroit Lions bad day got even worse early in the second half. Mohamed Ibrahim, signed just this week to the practice squad, caught a kickoff midway through the third quarter, but took a big shot to the midsection on the return. He would eventually have to be carted off.
According to coach Dan Campbell, Ibrahim was immediately sent to a local hospital for surgery on a dislocated hip.
“Mo’s in the hospital and he’s having surgery right now,” Campbell said in his postgame press conference. “Sounds like he’ll be okay, but he’s going to stay here overnight. He’s tough. I hate that for him.”
It’s a horrible break for Ibrahim, as the rookie running back has spent a ton of his football career fighting injuries. In 2021, he suffered a gruesome Achilles injury in the opening game of the Minnesota Gophers’ season. Then, in training camp this year with the Lions, he suffered an injury that caused him to go on IR and eventually reached an injury settlement with the team.
It’s another tough injury for Lions running backs. Zonovan Knight is already out for the year with a shoulder injury. David Montgomery is expected to miss more time with a rib injury, Jahmyr Gibbs just returned after missing a few games with a hamstring, and Craig Reynolds played through his own hamstring issue on Sunday.
Thankfully, the news was much better for wide receiver Kalif Raymond, who left the game late after coming up limping following a punt return.
“Kalif is alright. He got some cramps at the end, but he’ll be fine,” Campbell said.
The Lions will have an extra day to prepare for next week, as they face the Las Vegas Raiders on “Monday Night Football” in Detroit.
Lions rookie Ibrahim undergoes immediate surgery in Baltimore for dislocated hip
Baltimore — It should have been a happy day for Lions running back Mohamed Ibrahim.
The Baltimore native was making his NFL debut in Sunday’s game against the Ravens, but his afternoon was cut short by a devastating hip injury, which required immediate surgery.
Fielding a third-quarter kickoff as an upback, Ibrahim brought it back 22 yards before he was upended by a hit from Ravens cornerback Ronald Darby. Ibrahim ultimately had to be placed on stretcher and carted off the field before he was transported to a local medical facility.
First of all, Mo is in the hospital and having surgery right now,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said after the 38-6 loss. “Sounds like he’ll be OK, but he’s going to stay here overnight. He’s tough. I hate that for him.”
Campbell later confirmed the injury was a dislocated hip.
An undrafted rookie out of Minnesota, Ibrahim spent much of the offseason program in Detroit before he was released with an injury designation in late August. With the team’s backfield banged up, he was signed to the practice squad last week and temporarily elevated for this contest.
Other than the kickoff where he suffered the injury, Ibrahim did not log another touch in the contest.
