Seahawks fear season-ending injury for Kenny McIntosh from training-camp practice
The Seahawks fear a season-ending injury to one of their backs who was part of their new emphasis on running the ball this year.
The News Tribune was told the team fears Kenny McIntosh tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee Saturday in a non-contact injury. The Seahawks coaches and medical staff are awaiting further tests, including an MRI this weekend.
A torn ACL would mean the end of McIntosh’s 2025 season before it began.
The third-year running back, Seattle’s seventh-round draft choice in 2023 from Georgia, was running in open field alongside teammate Tyler Hall during a special-teams coverage and tackle-angle drill when his knee gave out.
He stayed on the ground many minutes. Coach Mike Macdonald, fellow running back Zach Charbonnet and three athletic trainers bent down to comfort McIntosh. When they helped him to his feet, McIntosh loudly yelped trying to put any weight on his left leg.
The trainers then fireman-carried his left leg as they assisted him off the field directly into the team training room.
Running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu followed McIntosh and the trainers inside. When Polamalu came out, Macdonald came over to talk to him. They both shook their heads, obviously distraught.
McIntosh has been the Seahawks’ third running back the last two seasons, behind lead rusher Kenneth Walker and Charbonnet. He played in all 17 games last season, getting 37% of special-teams snaps and 7% on offense. He carried the ball 31 times for 172 yards and eight first downs in 2024.
He also returned kickoffs for some of last season, six of them for 153 yards (an average of 25.5 yards per return).
Seattle drafted Damien Martinez from Miami and Oregon State in the seventh round this spring. He has been with the second- and third-team offenses so far this summer. The rookie will now gain in prominence with McIntosh out.
George Holani, an undrafted rookie last year who spent much of the 2024 season on Seattle’s practice squad, is the only other returning running back on the roster.
This story was originally published July 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM.
