The Seattle Seahawks have lost key running back Zach Charbonnet for the season with a torn ACL.
It’s a major blow at a dreadful time for both Charbonnet and the Seahawks organization with the team gearing up to play Los Angeles Rams on Sunday for a place in the Super Bowl.
Charbonnet, 25, sustained the injury in Saturday night’s 41-6 win over San Francisco 49ers.
His head coach, Mike Macdonald, said Monday of Charbonnet: ‘A significant knee injury, unfortunately. Breaks your heart. He’s going to need surgery, so he’s got a good long road to come back.’
Seattle Seahawks running back Zach Charbonnet has torn his ACL and is out for the season
It means Kenneth Walker goes into the Rams showdown as the clear leader in the backfield.
He was outstanding in the win over the Niners, rushing for 145 yards and three touchdowns in an emphatic victory.
Charbonnet, meanwhile, ends his 2025 season with a career-high 730 yards and 12 touchdowns to his name. But now, his injury will almost certainly rule him out of the start of the 2026 campaign in early September.
Charbonnet had been one of the many plus points in what has been a fanastic season so far for the Seahawks.
The emergence of Jaxon Smith-Njigba as one of the league’s standout wide receivers has also been vital to their postseason push.
Quarterback Sam Darnold has also reached new levels and was even playing through the pain barrier due to an oblique problem as he orchestrated such a crushing win over the 49ers.
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