NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jake Bobo went down Friday with what appears to be a serious knee injury, coach Mike Macdonald told reporters.
Bobo was hurt during Seattle's joint practice against the Tennessee Titans while being taken to the ground near the sideline. His right knee was examined before he was carted off the field.
The Seahawks took a knee and prayed for Bobo once practice ended.
"Our heart goes out to Jake Bobo," Macdonald said. "It seems like it's going to be a serious knee [injury]. We're going to get it imaged, but early returns are [that] it looks like it's a long-term injury. That's unfortunate."
Bobo, 28, was projected to serve as Seattle's No. 5 receiver and factor heavily on special teams.
Bobo became something of a folk hero among Seahawks fans when he made the team out of training camp in 2023 as an undrafted rookie. He caught three touchdown passes over his first two seasons as a reserve receiver then had only two receptions in 11 games last season. He played in the Seahawks' Super Bowl LX victory less than two weeks after surgery to repair a hand fracture, which he suffered in the NFC Championship Game.
"It hurts, man," quarterback Sam Darnold said of seeing Bobo go down. "He's one of those guys that he works, he talks a lot of stuff and he's kind of like [Devon Witherspoon] in a way, offensively. He brings the juice every single day, and he just does his job. So it sucks to lose Bobo but I know he's going to attack it and be better whenever he comes back."
The Seahawks re-signed Bobo to a two-year, $5.5 million contract in March, matching the offer he'd received from the Jacksonville Jaguars as a restricted free agent.
"He's a beast, man," Macdonald said. "Just a great football player, a great Seahawk. Hopefully we reflected that in our investment in him. But we love him, we'll be there beside him as he recovers and we pray it's a speedy recovery. But we love him."
Tory Horton, who's returning from surgery to repair the leg injury that sidelined him for the second half of his rookie season in 2025, projects to be Seattle's fourth receiver behind Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Cooper Kupp and Rashid Shaheed. But Horton missed the past week with an undisclosed injury and did not practice Friday.
"He's still working through his stuff," Macdonald said. "He's going to be out for a period of time."
Right tackle Abe Lucas and receiver Montorie Foster Jr. also left practice Friday, but Macdonald said their issues appeared to be heat-related.
Things got testy at one point between the Seahawks and Titans, but the teams avoided the kind of full-fledged fighting that has become common at joint practices.
"I thought our guys handled it really well today," Macdonald said. "There's going to be some excess energy at some point, but it's how well you collect yourself, take a deep breath and get to the next play. Our guys knew it was really important for us today to get great work in, so that was really our focus. I think we hit that target for the most part, which was great."