Kamu Grugier-Hill to miss an extended amount of time with MCL injury

Kamu Grugier-Hill injured his knee during the Eagles full padded practice on Saturday and now according to Mike Garafolo of NFL.com, the linebacker is expected to miss some time with an MCL injury. Grugier-Hill suffered the injury while making an open-field tackle on Jordan Howard.

#Eagles LB Kamu Grugier-Hill suffered a Grade 3 MCL sprain in practice today, sources say. That’s not the best news but also not the worst for the projected starter who has been impressive of late. He’ll likely miss some regular-season time but should be back relatively early.

— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) August 3, 2019

Grugier-Hill was carted off and transported to the tent before walking into the NovaCare Complex under his own power. Doug Pederson confirmed later during his news conference, that Grugier-Hill’s injury was “lower body left side.” Pederson also commented on the strong training camp Grugier-Hill was having.

“He’s really coming into his own,” Pederson said of Grugier-Hill. “He’s obviously getting those first-team reps at linebacker, and he’s a core special teams player for us. Really excited about him and what he brings to our football team … He’s been good all camp.”

Grugier-Hill and Nigel Bradham are the top returning players at linebacker.