{"id":134905,"date":"2025-08-10T17:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T17:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/134905\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T17:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T17:43:12","slug":"titans-rb-tyjae-spears-high-ankle-sprain-out-rest-of-preseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/134905\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans RB Tyjae Spears (high ankle sprain) out rest of preseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754847791_329_davenport_turron.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/>\n<p>Turron DavenportAug 10, 2025, 12:48 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>Turron Davenport covers the Tennessee Titans for ESPN since 2018. Turron is a former collegiate football player at Cheyney University and is a native of Philadelphia, and he has authored\/co-authored four books. You can catch Turron on ESPN Radio on his show &#8220;Talking with TD.&#8221;<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. &#8212; <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"0a0aea59-9a5e-01b3-57a3-0151cf4bf393\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/ten\/tennessee-titans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Titans<\/a> running back <a data-player-guid=\"8ffa5d8a-0358-93aa-e1f2-049b5e23cc9f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4428557\/tyjae-spears\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyjae Spears<\/a> is expected to be out for a few weeks, coach Brian Callahan said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The team doesn&#8217;t expect Spears, who suffered a high ankle sprain during Saturday night&#8217;s preseason opener against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"13e8b157-a75a-ff24-ae91-fa3d52ddf204\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/tb\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>, to return before the preseason is over.<\/p>\n<p>Spears was seen leaving the locker room on crutches with a walking boot on his right foot after the game. The injury happened just before halftime when Spears caught a pass out of the backfield for a 13-yard gain. He limped off the field and was quickly placed on a cart that took him into the locker room.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45934825\/titans-rookie-qb-cameron-ward-leads-td-drive-debut\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/r1529822_568x568_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45922509\/2025-nfl-preseason-week-1-takeaways-top-rookies-new-players\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754847792_198_r1529801_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<p>Callahan wanted to have a more balanced rushing attack this season that featured both Spears and <a data-player-guid=\"1fcf4862-25fd-157f-c216-63e99beebfee\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3916148\/tony-pollard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Pollard<\/a>. Pollard&#8217;s 260 carries last season dwarfed Spears&#8217; total (84).<\/p>\n<p>As a rookie in 2023, Spears appeared in all 17 games while playing alongside <a data-player-guid=\"81c182a5-8981-2272-a00f-f8daf9533e07\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3043078\/derrick-henry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Derrick Henry<\/a>. Spears rushed for 453 yards and two touchdowns, and he caught 52 passes for 385 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Spears missed five games last season because of two concussions, an ankle sprain and a hamstring injury. He was expected to contribute in the passing and running games, but he was limited to 114 touches.<\/p>\n<p>Callahan also gave updates on a few other players. Defensive tackle <a data-player-guid=\"b347c47e-a092-e20d-1c83-89419ea643bf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4428617\/tvondre-sweat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">T&#8217;Vondre Sweat<\/a> had his tonsils removed last week but will join the team in Atlanta for joint practices with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"49fd392a-86fe-4df3-1b77-9bbfa18b2ad5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/atl\/atlanta-falcons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Falcons<\/a> on Tuesday and Wednesday. Guard <a data-player-guid=\"d59eb2f6-e50c-2f58-34d2-66c3c9b37759\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3116135\/blake-hance\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blake Hance<\/a> and center <a data-player-guid=\"4bbc0795-0701-4a4b-c7e7-28145c5dadb2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4035448\/lloyd-cushenberry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lloyd Cushenberry III<\/a> also could be back at practice this week. Cushenberry (Achilles) is on the physically unable to perform list but has worked on a third field all of camp.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, rookie safety <a data-player-guid=\"a44c1a38-28f0-3dee-bfb1-46a42c34549d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4685617\/kevin-winston-jr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Winston Jr.<\/a> has missed four consecutive practices for what the team described as general maintenance. Winston suffered a torn ACL in September but returned in time for this year&#8217;s training camp. He left practice early last week and hasn&#8217;t returned.<\/p>\n<p>Callahan said cornerback <a data-player-guid=\"84f8c86f-9ac4-caa2-48f4-a5331114f309\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4040432\/ljarius-sneed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">L&#8217;Jarius Sneed<\/a> is getting close to returning but wouldn&#8217;t give a timeline. Sneed is on the PUP list after having a cleanup procedure performed on his knee in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Turron DavenportAug 10, 2025, 12:48 PM ET Close Turron Davenport covers the Tennessee Titans for ESPN since 2018.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":134906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-134905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115005712418612234","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}