Jordyn Tyson's Injury History Going Into NFL Draft 2026: Should We Be Worried?

Something has been gnawing at me with this whole narrative around the injury concerns surrounding Jordyn Tyson. This fabulously talented wideout from Arizona State is the top WR on our Big Board and No. 3 in the Rookie Super Model. He’s regularly been projected to go in the first half of the first round of the NFL Draft, including No. 8 to the Saints in Matthew Freedman’s latest mock draft.

Yet for all his athletic gifts—and there are many—Tyson can’t quite shake the injury stigma that he’s been given during his college career. Here’s a rundown of his injuries:

2022: Left knee torn ACL/MCL/PCL (played in just three games in 2023, but did not catch a pass)
2024: Broken collarbone (missed final two games)
2025: Hamstring strains to both legs (missed final three games)

So let’s get this straight. Tyson has been injured in three different body parts over a four-season span. There is no significant history for these injuries, though the hamstring strains kept him from participating in the NFL Scouting Combine and ASU’s pro day in the past two months. He did conduct a private workout for teams on Friday that showed he’s progressed from the injuries that ended his final college season. Just in time five days before the draft.

But let’s be clear. None of these injuries are related to one another.

Jordyn Tyson’s Injuries Are Not Correlated

My compadre Dr. Edwin Porras founded the Injury Prone Is A Lie podcast and he’s become one of the leading medical voices in the fantasy football industry. He’s also the owner of the burgeoning Pro Athlete PT for high school, college and pro baseball players. When I co-hosted the podcast with Porras for a couple seasons, he often pointed out that NFL players aren’t injury prone. They just play a violent game where only 2% of players come out unscathed on a given weekend. Even kickers get hurt!

“We can’t say Jordyn Tyson is injury prone yet. He’s had bad luck,” Dr. Porras said. “Contact ACL++ at 18. Broken collarbone. Both unrelated. The real concern is the hamstring. Both sides. Five months ago. A setback during draft prep. That’s the only live flag and it’s a legitimate one.

“Secondary note: a multi-ligament tear at 18 raises cartilage questions down the road. A league source says combine medicals came back clean, so we’ll take that at face value. But if he slides egregiously on draft night, questioning the knee is fair. For fantasy, don’t reach. This is a training camp story. If he shows up in August moving clean, recalibrate aggressively. Talent isn’t the issue. The body still is.“

Could Tyson get hurt again? Of course. But the same can be said for any of the other 17 WRs in the top 100 on our Big Board—please stay away injury gods! We can’t forecast injuries, which is why so many fantasy managers passing on Christian McCaffrey last year were left asking “How?”

As the good doctor said, it will be training camp before we hear about Tyson’s participation level and how he’s moving. Until then, if you’re deciding on him in dynasty rookie drafts, remember the talent and what it will look like in September when he’s healthy on an NFL field. Don’t think of him on a training table because it hasn’t happened yet.

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