Tucker Kraft’s recovery has reached the point where even his doctor sounds stunned.
The Packers tight end, 25, is getting closer to full football activity, and the early signs have Green Bay encouraged as it looks ahead to the 2026 NFL season. Before Kraft can get back on the field, though, he has already turned heads with how quickly he’s bounced back from ACL recovery.
“[The doctor] told me my knee looks spectacular, almost like he had never seen rehabilitation like mine,” Kraft told reporters, via Rob Demovsky of ESPN.
That kind of feedback only adds to the optimism around Kraft’s timeline. He said the numbers and the progress are backing up what he’s feeling.
“So the fact that we’re getting those results, the data will speak for itself and my comeback is ever-ascending day by day.”
Packers coach Matt LaFleur also laid out where Kraft stands as training camp moves along. Speaking before Friday’s practice at Ray Nitschke Field and Lambeau Field in Green Bay, LaFleur said the team will ease him back in without putting him into team work just yet.
“It’ll be no team [drills],” LaFleur said. “So, we’re just going to kind of get him back ingrained into the process and into individual. What’s great is when they do come off PUP, then now he can partake in some of the walk-through periods, especially that we do in the evenings, just to get him back hearing the call, lining up and then just going through that.”
For now, the target hasn’t changed. Kraft is aiming to be ready for Week 1, when the Packers open against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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