Rookie John Ross placed on IR

Cincinaati Bengals rookie wide receiver John Ross was placed on season-ending injured reserve with a shoulder injury, the Bengals announced.  

The Bengals assumed some risk when they selected Ross with the ninth overall pick of the 2017 draft. A knee injury kept him out for the entire 2015 season. In February, he had shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum.

Still, Ross caught 81 passes for 1,150 yards and eight touchdowns for the Washington Huskies in 2016, and he ran the fastest 40 yard dash (4.22) on record at the NFL Scouting Combine. Unfortunately for Cincinnati, though, the injury bug has followed Ross to the NFL. He sprained his left knee in the team’s preseason finale against the Indianapolis Colts on Aug. 31.