Dallas Cowboys' Princeton Fant out for 2026 NFL season with ACL injury

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fant-princeton/z3SK1aqe/"]Fant[/a] picked up the injury on the practice field on Monday after he was blocked backwards and into a fellow teammate. The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dallas-cowboys/S8sFw8iL/"]Cowboys[/a]' head coach Brian Schottenheimer confirmed the injury diagnosis on Tuesday, stating the tight end will have surgery at some point in the next few weeks.[/p][p]The 27-year-old was going into his fourth NFL season, all coming with Dallas. While he has only taken 14 offensive snaps in his professional career - none in 2025 - he has played a role on special teams.[/p][embed guid="b2b16dd8-38e3-4a4b-8def-ac45af28bd72" url="https://x.com/tommy_yarrish/status/2084702315072852108?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Fant was primarily on the practice squad for all of last year, playing just once and making one tackle.[/p][p]It is expected that the Cowboys will turn to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ferguson-jake/KCt7udHg/"]Jake Ferguson[/a] as their first-choice TE, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schoonmaker-luke/dzTdK4bU/"]Luke Schoonmaker[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/spann-ford-brevyn/82po79QH/"]Brevyn Spann-Ford[/a], and undrafted rookie [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/trigg-michael/j3OTHant/"]Michael Trigg[/a] adding depth in the position.[/p]