Update: Former Oklahoma OT Tyler Guyton Suffers Knee Injury in Training Camp per Report

The former Sooner suffered a knee injury during a practice at training camp with the Dallas Cowboys on Monday, but the diagnosis could have been much worse.
Former Oklahoma offensive tackle Tyler Guyton hoped for a strong sophomore campaign with Dallas.
Former Oklahoma offensive tackle Tyler Guyton hoped for a strong sophomore campaign with Dallas. | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

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Tyler Guyton’s season in Dallas hit a snag, but he is not expected to miss the entire year.

NFL Network and NFL.com insider Ian Rapoport reported that Guyton “is feared to have torn his ACL heading into the MRI” after going down at practice on Monday, but scans showed his ACL is intact.

Rapoport reported that instead of a torn ACL, he has a bone fracture. 

Guyton is expected to miss 4-6 weeks, per Rapoport. 

Guyton spent two seasons at Oklahoma after transferring to Norman from TCU. 

He played in 20 games for the Sooners, making 14 starts, and he was drafted with the 29th pick in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys. 

At TCU, Guyton appeared in one contest as a true freshman in 2020 and he played in eight games as a redshirt freshman in 2021. The Horned Frogs deployed him both as an offensive tackle and an H-back. He started TCU’s Oct. 16 contest against Oklahoma at H-back in 2021, and he also caught a 6-yard touchdown against Iowa State on Nov. 26.

Guyton was graded as the 10th best rookie tackle last year by Pro Football Focus, but he was expected to take a step forward in his second season in Dallas.

He played 666 snaps along the offensive line last year, per PFF. Guyton allowed 26 pressures, 14 hurries, six hits and six sacks per PFF. 

The 6-foot-7, 322-pound tackle was OU offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh’s second first-round draft pick, following 2023 first-round pick Anton Harrison. 

He played in 15 games last year for Dallas, making 11 starts. 

Guyton was projected to start at left tackle this year, but now the Cowboys may be forced to turn to Asim Richards or move Hakeem Adeniji from right tackle to left tackle until he is cleared to return to the Dallas lineup.


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Another pair of former Sooners are expected to start for Dallas this year. 

Receiver CeeDee Lamb is a major weapon for Cowboy quarterback Dak Prescott, and the team added former OU linebacker Kenneth Murray Jr. 

The Cowboys acquired Murray in a trade with the Tennessee Titans on March 13.


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Ryan is co-publisher at Sooners On SI and covers a number of sports in and around Norman and Oklahoma City. Working both as a journalist and a sports talk radio host, Ryan has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the United States Men’s National Soccer Team, the Oklahoma City Energy and more. Since 2019, Ryan has simultaneously pursued a career as both a writer and a sports talk radio host, working for the Flagship for Oklahoma sports, 107.7 The Franchise, as well as AllSooners.com. Ryan serves as a contributor to The Franchise’s website, TheFranchiseOK.com, which was recognized as having the “Best Website” in 2022 by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. Ryan holds an associate’s degree in Journalism from Oklahoma City Community College in Oklahoma City, OK. 

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