2024 Injury Breakdowns: Wide Receivers Returning from Injury

Every NFL season comes with star players finding their way onto season-ending IR and question marks through the off-season and preseason as they near the following season. This series discusses key details in the player’s current recovery tract and injury projections for the 2024 seasons and for their dynasty value.

Let’s dive in.

Keenan Allen, WR CHI

Entering his 32-year-old season, Allen is coming off of missing seven games in 2022 due to a significant hamstring ailment and then four games in 2023 due to a heel bone bruise injury. While healthy, he has immense PPR upside and is a high-end route runner who can sustain high production for fantasy. While both of these past injuries have not been recurrent and typically have low future risk, missing a chunk of time in back-to-back seasons at his age should be somewhat concerning. Add in going to a new team with a new offensive coordinator with a rookie quarterback, it would likely be safe to project Allen as a low-end WR2 with DJ Moore projecting as a high-end WR2 as the deep threat. I would exercise caution on acquiring Allen in dynasty but if there is any kind of discount, he could pay off as an upside PPR option, just hope for no lower extremity injuries in 2024.