There’s some clarity on promising Patriots rookie Tyquan Thornton’s injury status after he suffered a collarbone injury in the Week 2 preseason game against the Panthers.
The wide receiver had surgery on his broken clavicle on Monday, ESPN’s Jeremy Folwer reported Saturday. Following surgery, the recovery time for Thornton “should” be six-to-eight weeks, however, it “could vary depending on healing and re-acclimation to football,” Fowler added.
If Thornton is out for the lower part of that threshold, he would miss the Patriots’ first four games of the season (which are against the Dolphins, Steelers, Ravens, and Packers).