Saints DT Bresee Out for Season With Torn ACL
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- Bryan Bresee will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a torn ACL, Saints coach Kellen Moore confirmed Sunday after further testing confirmed the injury.
- The noncontact injury occurred during the Saints' first practice of training camp last week while Bresee was working with the first unit in 11-on-11 drills.
- NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo first reported the feared torn ACL last week; the diagnosis has since been confirmed with additional testing.
- Bresee, a 2023 first-round pick, has started 26 career games including 15 last season and has 14.5 career sacks as a key interior defensive lineman.
- The Saints recently picked up Bresee's 2027 fifth-year option worth $13.9 million, locking him in despite the injury.
- Bresee previously tore his left ACL at the start of his 2021 season at Clemson, making this a recurrence of the same injury.
Why it matters: The Saints lose a 24-year-old defensive tackle they had just committed $13.9 million to beyond this season, and the injury is a recurrence of the same ACL tear Bresee suffered at Clemson in 2021 — a pattern that puts his long-term availability under a sharper lens even as the fifth-year option was just exercised.
