Ennis Rakestraw Jr., who missed time early in training camp with a chest injury, hurt his right shoulder in a one-on-one tackling drill Sunday
Detroit Lions cornerback Ennis Rakestraw Jr.'s first NFL season was riddled with injury and his second training camp is starting the same way.
Rakestraw left Sunday's practice with a shoulder injury that happened on the first play of a one-on-one tackling drill. Rakestraw was matched against receiver Tom Kennedy on the play and appeared to overextend his right arm while attempting a tackle.
A second-round pick out of Missouri last season, Rakestraw was limited to eight games as a rookie after he sprained an ankle in training camp that cost him reps early in the season then pulled a hamstring that eventually sent him to injured reserve.
Rakestraw missed time this summer with a chest injury, but he returned for last week's preseason loss to the Los Angeles Chargers and took first-team reps early in Sunday's practice with Terrion Arnold out with a hamstring injury.
With Arnold and Rakestraw both out, Amik Robertson and Dicaprio Bootle split first-team reps at cornerback opposite DJ Reed.
Safety Dan Jackson, a seventh-round pick out of Georgia, also left practice early Sunday to be evaluated for a leg injury.
Dave Birkett covers the Lions for the Detroit Free Press. Contact him at [email protected]. Follow him on Bluesky, X and Instagram at @davebirkett.
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