Lions running back suffers freak injury at…
Lions running back Sione Vaki was the subject of a freak injury at training camp this week.
Head coach Dan Campbell told reporters Tuesday that the third-year running back broke his nostril and bought poked in the attention during Monday’s apply and will miss some time.
“We’re hopeful, vision should be okay in time,” Campbell said. “We’re not gonna have him right here today, just gonna let him sort of get well a little but. So we expect he’ll be okay. He’s just gonna need a minute right here.
“Just one of those freak things, somehow a hand gets through the facemask. It was unbelievable.”
Detroit Lions running back Sione Vaki (33) practices during training camp at Meijer Performance Center in Allen Park on Thursday, July 30, 2026. (Detroit Free Press) USA TODAY Network via GWN Connect
Vaki spent a good chunk of his first two years working on particular groups, but is wanting to show the teaching workers his capabilities on offense in his third yr.
With Jahmyr Gibbs holding out for a new contract and not training, Vaki was seeing some first-team reps alongside Isiah Pacheco.
The Lions signed veteran running back Raheem Blackshear on Tuesday.
They also had three other running backs in for a tryout, the most outstanding of which was former first-rounder Clyde Edwards-Helaire, alongside Hassan Haskins and Kylin James.
Detroit Lions running back Jacob Saylors (25), running back Sione Vaki (33), and running back Jabari Small (26) stretch during Detroit Lions training camp in Allen Park, MI, on Monday, August 3, 2026. (Imagn Images. GWN Connec) IMAGN IMAGES via GWN Connect
Pacheco, Jacob Saylors, Jabari Small, and Kye Robichaux are the other running backs at apply.
Pacheco had been the starter in camp with Gibbs not training, and Campbell talked about Saylors and Small when discussing who might take on more reps and doubtlessly earn a function in camp in the absence of Vaki.
Vaki, 25, was drafted by the Lions 132nd total in the fourth spherical of the 2024 draft after two seasons at Utah.
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