Unfortunately, it doesn\u2019t look like Christian Wilkins is close to returning to action.<\/p>\n
The former Clemson star suffered a season-ending foot injury last season, and an update regarding his injury status came out this week.<\/p>\n
The update isn\u2019t an encouraging one, as The Athletic\u2019s Tashan Reed posted a photo showing Wilkins with a walking boot on his left foot at Baltimore Ravens linebacker Kyle Van Noy\u2019s charity golf challenge on Monday.<\/p>\n
Wilkins\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff is still rehabbing from a broken foot that cut his 2024 season short last October. The Las Vegas Raiders defensive tackle suffered the injury in Week 5 and was placed on injured reserve after undergoing surgery for a Jones fracture.<\/p>\n
The hope was that Wilkins would be ready to go by the time the Raiders report to training camp on July 22, but the fact he\u2019s back in a boot doesn\u2019t seem to bode well for that possibility.<\/p>\n
Raiders head coach Pete Carroll said recently that Wilkins was \u201cin the midst of a long, challenging\u201d recovery process. He was on hand for OTAs (organized team activities) but didn\u2019t take part in drills.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a difficult recovery and he\u2019s done everything he needs to do,\u201d Carroll said in late May. \u201cHe\u2019s been here every day. He\u2019s here early working hard. But we\u2019re still working it, and he\u2019s not ready to get back out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re in the midst of a long, challenging process,\u201d Carroll added. \u201cFortunately, there\u2019s a lot of time, and we\u2019re going to take every bit of it. We\u2019ve really tried to be really diligent about the way we\u2019ve worked it and the way we\u2019ve monitored it and all of that, and he\u2019s been on board the whole time. But it has been challenging.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wilkins, 29, agreed to a massive four-year, $110 million deal with the Raiders last offseason prior to the 2024 season, making him the second-highest paid defensive tackle in the league.<\/p>\n
The 6-foot-4, 310-pounder recorded 17 tackles (two for loss), two sacks and six quarterback hits over five games with the Raiders last season prior to his season-ending injury.<\/p>\n
A 2019 first-round pick (13th\u00a0overall), Wilkins spent the first five years of his NFL career with the Miami Dolphins and amassed 355 tackles, 20.5 sacks and 43 tackles for loss over 81 career games (77 starts) during his time in Miami. He hadn\u2019t missed a game since 2020 before his injury on Oct. 6 against the Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n
#Raiders<\/a> DT Christian Wilkins is back in a walking boot (he was in attendance at Kyle Van Voy’s charity golf challenge yesterday). It’s the same foot where he suffered a Jones Fracture last October. pic.twitter.com\/Uyro8XWUrD<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Tashan Reed (@tashanreed) June 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n