Packers CB Jaire Alexander Has Torn PCL, Expects To Return Later This Season

Packers CB Jaire Alexander tells Matt Schneidman of The Athletic that he’s playing through a torn PCL in his knee. 

Alexander suffered the injury earlier this season and attempted to play through it last week, but was limited to just 10 snaps. 

“I just tried to give it a go . . . I went out there and shit, all I could really give was 10 plays and then it — I felt something,” Alexander said. “If you know how [PCLs] work, it don’t just get done in three weeks, so it just needed more time. I reaggravated it going back out there and only doing 10 plays, so now we just trying to get my knee back right.”

Alexander wasn’t willing to put a timetable on his return other than saying he needs “more than 21 days of non-contact” to be fully healed.

Alexander, 27, is the former 18th overall selection in the 2018 NFL Draft by the Packers. He was entering the fourth year of a four-year, $12.050 million rookie deal that included a $6.844 million signing bonus before Green Bay picked up his option.

Alexander was set to make a fully guaranteed base salary of $13.294 million in 2022 under the fifth-year option when the Packers signed him to a four-year, $84 million extension.

In 2024, Jaire Alexander has appeared in seven games for the Packers and made seven starts, recording 16 tackles, a fumble recovery, two interceptions, one defensive touchdown and seven pass defenses.