The primary-round cornerback’s ACL is unbroken, according to Fox Sports’ Jordan Schultz, and NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo report the Kentucky product suffered an LCL sprain. Hairston is anticipated to be out for a minimum of just a few weeks, however the Payments prevented the worst-case situation right here.
Buffalo views Hairston as more likely to be prepared for Week 1, Schultz adds. It is a break for the Payments, who primarily based their offseason cornerback plan on Hairston. The crew didn’t re-sign Rasul Douglas and approved a Christian Benford extension — one which quickly grew to become paired with Hairston’s rookie contract. The crew additionally traded Kaiir Elam, who had not panned out as a 2022 first-round selection.
Douglas stays a free agent, not signing with the Dolphins regardless of a number of situations of reported negotiations emerging. Miami has since signed Jack Jones and Mike Hilton. Douglas remaining out there represents an attention-grabbing choice for the Payments, but when Hairston is to be again by Week 1 or shortly earlier than that time, they might decide to stay with their present depth chart. The crew additionally introduced again Tre’Davious White and Dane Jackson this offseason.
The knee harm comes after the Payments received word of a civil suit alleging Hairston sexually assaulted a girl as a freshman at Kentucky. Hairston, 22 subsequent week, denied the allegation.
“That is one thing I’ve been coping with since I used to be 17,” Hairston mentioned, via Pro Football Talk’s Michael David Smith. “It’s been 4 years now, and I went by means of this complete course of with the police, they went by means of a radical investigation, and I used to be exonerated from that. The College of Kentucky did a radical investigation, I used to be exonerated from that as nicely. And I volunteered to do a number of polygraphs as a result of I used to be decided to get my fact on the market, as a result of I had nothing to cover. I used to be an open ebook.
“The Payments have been by my aspect from the beginning as a result of they did their very own thorough investigation. The people who know the reality know, and people are the folks I’m sticking by and so they’re sticking by me.”
Brandon Beane beforehand urged the Payments performed thorough analysis on this matter, indicating he believed the cornerback was falsely accused of this crime. Within the swimsuit, the unnamed girl alleges that Hairston sexually assaulted her in her dorm room on March 25, 2021. The swimsuit alleges Hairston eliminated the girl’s pajamas, after she had indicated she was drained and tired of sexual activity, and assaulted her. The girl filed a police report on the time, in response to Bardahl and Graham, and went by means of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner examination at a hospital.
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