San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle was carted off the field with an Achilles injury and will not return to Sunday’s NFC wild-card game in Philadelphia, the team announced.
Kittle caught a 6-yard pass with 5:58 left in the second quarter and his right leg appeared to buckle as he was being tackled by Marcus Epps.
The cart came out and took the seven-time Pro Bowler to the locker room with the 49ers trailing the Eagles, 13-7. San Francisco ruled him out for the remainder of the game not long after.
It was the first catch of the game for Kittle, who had 57 receptions for 628 yards and seven touchdowns in 11 starts during the regular season.
Kittle, 32, is in his ninth season with the 49ers, who drafted him in the fifth round in 2017. He has 595 career catches for 8,008 yards and 52 touchdowns in 124 games. He has four 1,000-yard seasons.
