Cole Van Lanen Injury Update

Last updated: September 11, 2026

Cole Van Lanen has no Week 1 game designation after entering the week as a game-time decision while working back from a knee injury.

Current Status

StatusCleared

Injuryknee

Practice—

Game status—

Expected returnCleared for Week 1

Meaningful impact

Ratings affected

Roster StrengthOffense Rating

Van Lanen's clearance settles Jacksonville's planned starting right tackle spot for the opener and removes a protection concern PFM was monitoring.

Injury timeline

2 updates · Latest September 11, 2026

September 11, 2026

knee · Cleared for Week 1 · Return: Cleared for Week 1

Cole Van Lanen has no Week 1 game designation after entering the week as a game-time decision while working back from a knee injury.

Sources

September 9, 2026

knee · Expected to be a game-time decision for Week 1 · Return: Game-time decision for Week 1

Liam Coen said Cole Van Lanen will be a game-time decision for Jacksonville's Week 1 game against Cleveland as he works back from a knee injury.

Sources

My PFM + Injury Alerts

PFM will email you when a reviewed injury or availability update changes and save Cole Van Lanen to your My PFM watchlist.

PFM ratings updated September 29, 2026

How PFM grades NFL teams