Cowboys TE Princeton Fant out for 2026 season with torn ACL

The Dallas Cowboys have lost tight end Princeton Fant for the 2026 season after he suffered a major knee injury during a training camp practice this week. Head coach Brian Schottenheimer confirmed the diagnosis on Tuesday, August 4, stating Fant tore his ACL and partially tore his MCL.

The injury occurred during the team's first full-padded practice on Monday, August 3, in Oxnard, California. Fant was engaged in a blocking assignment on a running play when he was driven backward, resulting in a knee-to-knee collision with running back Israel Abanikanda. The impact to Fant's left leg caused his knee to buckle, and he immediately went down in pain, unable to put weight on the leg. He was carted from the field and later underwent an MRI that confirmed the ligament tears. Fant is scheduled for surgery in the coming weeks.

Schottenheimer expressed his disappointment for the 27-year-old player, who has spent his entire three-year NFL career with Dallas. "Really disappointed for him, for everything that he's put into this," the coach said. "Obviously he was very disappointed. But I told him, 'Hey look, your story's far from over.' He's been through this injury before, and the doctors...