Jaguars vs. Texans: Tyson Campbell Unlikely to Play in Week 12

The Jaguars will likely be without their third-year cornerback vs. the Houston Texans on Sunday.

The Jacksonville Jaguars have a monumental matchup on their hands, and they might be going into it at less than full strength.

The only real injury the Jaguars are dealing with ahead of their Week 12 contest with the Houston Texans is cornerback Tyson Campbell, who missed last week with a hamstring injury. 

Campbell first suffered the hamstring injury in Week 6 and would go on to miss Week 7 and Week 8. Campbell then returned in Week 10 after the Jaguars' bye week but left after re-injuring the same hamstring.

"Tyson is close, but I don’t want to put him out there just yet. He’s still working through it. He is feeling better, but probably still a ways. He’s closer, but not where we want him to be, so probably going to be down for this game," Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson said on Friday.

“Hamstring injuries are different by player. Everybody heals faster or slower than the next guy. You take them individually and our team of doctors and trainers do a good job of getting them back. Especially now that this is kind of his second incident because he’s missed time before. We want to make sure he’s one hundred percent upstairs before we put him back out there.”

Without Campbell, the Jaguars will likely start third-year cornerback Montaric Brown. Brown has started three games for the Jaguars this season after Campbell's previous injuries, with strong showings vs. the New Orleans Saints and the Tennessee Titans in the process.