July 9 (UPI) -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers All-Pro left tackle Tristan Wirfs underwent right knee surgery this week and is expected to miss the start of the 2025 NFL season, a league source told UPI on Wednesday.
Wirfs, 26, missed just one start over the last two seasons. The No. 13 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft was a Pro Bowl selection each of the last four years. He is a two-time first-team All-Pro.
He could be headed for the physically unable to perform list to start the 2025-26 campaign, which would trigger an automatic absence of at least four games.
Pro Football Focus gave Wirfs fourth-best offensive rating among offensive tackles who were in for at least 80% of 1,168 snaps -- the most among players at the position -- last season. He received the top pass blocking grade at the position.
Wirfs received the fifth-best offensive rating among tackles and third-best pass blocking grade in 2023. He was PFF's top-rated tackle in 2021.
