Houston Texans Pro Bowl offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil will be spending part of the 2024 offseason recovering from knee surgery.
Tunsil had a procedure to clean up an issue that forced him to miss this season, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. This decision appears to be related to the three games he missed from Weeks 2-4, where Tunsil had to have his knee drained during the season, per KPRC 2’s Aaron Wilson.
#Texans star LT Laremy Tunsil recently underwent knee surgery following the season, source said, a cleanup of an issue that arose this season when Tunsil spent some time on the injury report. He’ll make a swift recovery.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 29, 2024
He is expected to make a full recovery in time to play in 2024.
The injury didn’t hamper Tunsil’s production in the next 13 games of the regular season or the team’s two playoff games. He earned another Pro Bowl nod and was one of the most important Texans players this season.
Tunsil played a pivotal role in protecting C.J. Stroud all season long and was instrumental in the execution of the offense. He was especially great against Cleveland Browns defense end Myles Garrett, who Tunsil all but erased in Houston’s win in the wild card round.
The Texans offensive line looks pretty well put together as the team heads into the offseason, although there are still questions about Tytus Howard’s health after he was lost for the season with a knee injury of his own.
Tunsil will return, though, as one of the veteran leaders and most productive players on the team.