The Green Bay Packers head into 2026 training camp later this month carrying significant injury concerns after a 2025 season derailed by health issues. Green Bay had 17 players in its rehab group during mandatory minicamp, 11 of whom project as meaningful contributors this season. 

Here is everything to know about the injury landscape heading into training camp, including updates on important players and rules that will govern roster construction.

Known injuries

Four players have disclosed, specific injuries that kept them limited during OTAs and minicamp.

Edge defender Micah Parsons is recovering from a torn ACL and carries the most concerning timeline of the group. He is expected to miss the first month or more of the regular season. The other three players on this list are all expected to return by Week 1, with some potentially practicing during training camp.

Tight end Tucker Kraft is also recovering from a torn ACL but is closer to a return. Right tackle Zach Tom is dealing with a partially torn right patellar tendon, and defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt suffered a fractured fibula and torn ligament in his left ankle.

Unknown injuries

The Packers are not obligated to release injury reports during the offseason or training camp, so seven additional players remain sidelined without public diagnoses. Left guard Aaron Banks, tight end Luke Musgrave, wide receiver Sky Moore, defensive tackle Javon Hargrave, cornerback Benjamin St. Juste, linebacker Isaiah McDuffie, and defensive tackle Warren Brinson were all part of the rehab group during mandatory minicamp.

Head coach Matt LaFleur acknowledged during minicamp that some of those injuries could linger into the start of training camp but emphasized there was still plenty of recovery time. None of those situations are expected to be long-term, and all of those players should eventually be ready for training camp.

How the PUP list works

When a player arrives for training camp, he goes through a physical exam. If he doesn’t pass, he is placed on the physically unable to perform list/active. At that point, the player remains on the 90-man roster but cannot practice. He can be activated at any point once he passes the medical evaluation. Once activated from PUP, though, he cannot return to the list.

If a player spends the entire preseason on PUP and reaches final roster cuts, the team faces a decision. Green Bay can activate him to the 53-man roster, or the player can be placed on the PUP list/inactive. Under a new NFL rule adopted this year, a player on the inactive PUP list can begin practicing after Week 2, but is still required to miss the first four games of the regular season. He becomes eligible to return to play by Week 5.

That is likely the path for Parsons, who figures to open the season on the PUP list and target a return sometime around Week 5 at the earliest. There are some other injury designations for players who suffer injuries outside of the team facilities, but they don’t seem to apply here and don’t affect much what fans should follow, just some minor contract details.

Injured reserve rules

Players who suffer injuries during training camp but are not on PUP have a different set of rules. Up to two players can be placed on injured reserve on the same day as final roster cuts with a designation to return, even before the 53-man roster is officially set.

A day after the initial 53-man roster is formed, the Packers can place an essentially unlimited number of players on injured reserve — even though the team can’t have more than 90 players under contract, including active roster, practice squad, and reserve lists. Nonetheless, Green Bay can only designate up to eight players to return from injured reserve during the regular season. That number increases to 10 if the team reaches the playoffs.

The Packers will almost certainly place some players on PUP when training camp opens later this month. That alone is not cause for alarm. It is a standard part of the process, and players can be activated at any point throughout camp once they pass their physicals. The real questions will come at final roster cuts, when general manager Brian Gutekunst and his staff must decide which injured players to carry, which to stash on PUP/inactive, and how to allocate the limited injured reserve return designations across a 17-game season.