Los Angeles Chargers star running back JK Dobbins ruled out of this week's game with knee injury

Los Angeles Chargers prima moving backmost JK Dobbins has been officially ruled retired for this week's crippled against the Atlanta Falcons owed to a genu sprain, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.

Dobbins sustained the wounded connected Monday Night Football successful a crippled against his erstwhile team, the Baltimore Ravens.

Rapoport adds that pursuing this week's game, his presumption 'will beryllium up successful the aerial afterward.' 

Dobbins led the squad successful rushing yards connected the nighttime with six carries for 40 yards successful a 30-23 defeat.

A five-year seasoned of the league, Dobbins was taken by the Ravens with the 55th prime successful the 2nd circular of the 2020 NFL Draft retired of Ohio State.

In his rookie season, Dobbins acceptable the league alight with a career-high 805 rushing yards and 9 rushing touchdowns successful 15 games played - finishing down backmost Lamar Jackson successful rushing yards.

But things instantly took a crook for the worse erstwhile Dobbins tore his ACL successful the past preseason crippled of the 2021 play - forcing him to miss the full year.

Further injuries analyzable his 2022 season, which saw him play lone 8 games. After recovering from the ACL teardrop successful the offseason, helium injured his genu again - missing Weeks 7-13.

The injury-prone Dobbins couldn't enactment steadfast successful the 2023 play either - tearing his Achilles tendon successful Week 1 against the Houston Texans.

That brought a precise premature extremity to his Ravens tenure arsenic helium signed a one-year woody with the Chargers this past offseason.

In the pass-heavy discourtesy that the Chargers run, Dobbins has managed to bash good for himself and is connected gait to surpass his vocation precocious successful rushing yards and rushing touchdowns this season. 

Through eleven games, Dobbins has rushed 158 times for 766 yards and 8 touchdowns.

It's unclear however agelong he's expected to miss with this sprain.