Erick All Jr. set to miss entire 2025 NFL season

The Bengals won’t have their promising rookie tight end in 2025.

There was a time when Erick All Jr. looked like a nice NFL Draft steal for the Cincinnati Bengals.

Sadly, that took a major hit when All suffered a season-ending ACL tear in November during a 41-24 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. Now, that injury is likely going to cost him his entire sophomore campaign.

According to Paul Dehner Jr. of The Athletic, All is expected to miss the entire 2025 NFL season.

“All, who tore his ACL on Nov. 3 against the Raiders, is expected to miss the 2025 season due to complications from a previous knee surgery in college, according to team and league sources. The fix requires two knee surgeries instead of just one,” wrote Dehner.

As a rookie in Cincinnati, All appeared in nine games (six starts) and hauled in 20 of 22 targets for 158 yards. He was also a strong blocker who earned a 77.7 pass-blocking grade from Pro Football Focus.

Just brutal news for All, who had a previous ACL tear that ended his final season of college football with the Iowa Hawkeyes.

This is also the latest of many examples of college players with significant injuries in their background who would suffer a major injury(s) in Cincinnati. That’s the risk you take when you draft a player who has good potential but fell in the draft due to health concerns, and yet again, the risk isn’t paying off for a Bengals front office that’s struggled to draft effectively (unless it’s a top-five pick).

Here’s to hoping for a speedy recovery for All and that he’s able to play football again.

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