Former Alabama WR Calvin Ridley to miss rest of the season for Titans after injury
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Former Alabama star wideout Calvin Ridley will miss the rest of the season for the Tennessee Titans after breaking his fibula in Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans.
Titans head coach Mike McCoy told reporters of Ridley’s season-ending diagnosis after Sunday’s game, which Tennessee lost, 16-13, on a last-second field goal. Ridley was carted off the field after suffering the injury midway through the 1st quarter on Sunday, and at that point his return to the game was questionable.
Ridley’s 2025 season was already marred by injury before Sunday’s season-ending blow. He was making his return to action on Sunday after missing over a month with a hamstring injury. But his return to the field was short-lived after catching 1 pass for 13 yards on Sunday. That 1 catch proved costly, as the fateful injury occurred seconds later.
It happened on the Titans’ first offensive play of Sunday’s game, when Ridley caught that 13-yard pass. Ridley was trying to get more yardage after the initial catch, but he was hit by 2 Houston defensive players. He apparently was injured so badly on the play that he couldn’t continue, and FOX cameras caught Ridley being carted off the field for further examination.
Ridley came into Sunday’s game with 16 catches for 290 yards in limited action this season because of injury. He failed to catch a touchdown pass this year, and now he faces a long rehab journey to be ready for the 2026 season.
He was a big-time weapon at Alabama from 2015-17, helping the Crimson Tide win national championships in 2015 and 2017. Ridley finished his Crimson Tide career with 224 catches for 2,781 yards and 19 touchdowns.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
