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New Orleans Saints · 2026
Alvin Kamara injury: status and who’s next up
Week 2 injury report
No game designationKnee· Full practice
Alvin Kamara is on the Week 2 practice report (knee) without a game designation.
Next game: NO at BAL, Sun, Sep 20, 1:00 PM EDT. Game-day inactives are posted about 90 minutes before kickoff and are the final word.
Week 2 report. Status last changed ; feed checked .
Where Alvin Kamara fits in the New Orleans Saints backfield
Travis Etienne Jr. starts and Kendre Miller is our published next man up. Alvin Kamara sits further down the room, so his status matters most in a week when one of them is also unavailable.
Injury history
Has missed games in each of the last several seasons; played 11 in his most recent campaign. 2026: sprained MCL, still out of practice as of Sept. 3 with the team evaluating week-to-week and declining to set a timeline (date-only report); not placed on PUP. Age 31.
A scouting summary of past injuries, not a prediction. How history ratings work.
Backfield analysis published .
Alvin Kamara on the 2026 injury report
| Week | Game status | Injury | Practice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 2 | None | Knee | Full practice |
| Week 1 | Questionable | Knee | Full practice |
Each row is the last status the team reported for that week. Weeks without a row mean he was not on the report. Source: official NFL weekly injury reports, as published in the nflverse data release.
The production behind the names
2025 regular season. Recorded production, not a projection. A missing stat line is not a zero.
| Player | Games with stats | Carries | Receptions | Total yards | PPR / game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 131 | 33 | 657 | 9.2 |
Carries + receptions, last 6 recorded games in 2025
Totals include all teams played for that season. Per-game averages use games with recorded stats. Source: nflverse player statistics.
See every running back on this week’s injury report, or compare handcuffs for every starter. Statuses come from team reports and do not establish game-day availability.
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