Khalil Shakir injury update: Bills WR has high ankle sprain

Bills wide receiver Khalil Shakir injured his ankle during the team's Blue and Red practice in Orchard Park Friday.

That injury is one of many on the lengthy list of players held out of training camp Sunday at St. John Fisher, but may be the most concerning.

Shakir was the Bills’ leading receiver in 2024 with 76 catches for 821 yards and four TDs, and that was in 15 games. He is Josh Allen’s most trusted target, a tough player to replace, so the only good news here is that it’s early August, more than a month from opening day, and Shakir should be able to get back in time to face the Baltimore Ravens.

Khalil Shakir injury update

In the practice session, in front of nearly 40,000 fans, the wide receiver - one of the most important players on offense - suffered a high ankle sprain and he’s going to miss at least several weeks.

What Bills coach said about Khalil Shakir's injury update

“He's dealt with one before,” coach Sean McDermott said Sunday before the Bills’ return to the practice fields at St. John Fisher University. “He's extremely tough, a big part of our offense. It's gonna take some time, high ankles normally do. So it's an opportunity for, again, somebody else to show us what they've got. And we'll see how that goes.”

Sal Maiorana has covered the Buffalo Bills for four decades including 35 years as the full-time beat writer for the D&C, he has written numerous books about the history of the team, and he is also co-host of the BLEAV in Bills podcast/YouTube show. He can be reached at maiorana@gannett.com, and you can follow him on X @salmaiorana and on Bluesky @salmaiorana.bsky.social.