5:01pm: Judkins is facing a recovery timeline of four to five months, Cabot reports. That should allow him to fully heal with plenty of time before training camp.
4:18pm: Quinshon Judkins‘ 2025 season has come to an end. The rookie running back suffered a fractured fibula along with a dislocated ankle in today’s game, Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski announced. 
Stefanski confirmed (via Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot) Judkins will undergo surgery. Once that takes place, a lengthy recovery process will begin. This development marks an abrupt and unwanted end to Judkins’ debut campaign in the NFL.
The second-round pick was arrested in July on charges of battery and domestic violence. Those were ultimately dropped, something which paved the way for a fully-guaranteed rookie contract to be signed just before the start of the regular season. Judkins wound up being activated in time for Week 2, and he was in the fold from that point on.
That run of availability came to an end when the 22-year-old was carted off the field during today’s contest against the Bills. Not long after that took place, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported a fibula fracture had occurred. Testing to evaluate a potential knee injury took place, and it appears nothing was revealed on that front. That represents a small consolation, but today’s news is still a notable blow to Cleveland’s offense late in the year.
Having elected not to re-sign Nick Chubb, the Browns relied heavily on Judkins once he joined the lineup. The Ohio State product notched double-digit carries 12 times in 13 games entering Sunday, including five games with 20 or more attempts. Judkins totaled 947 scrimmage yards prior to suffering the injury. He will look to build off that production once healthy in 2026.
The Browns also have Jerome Ford in the backfield to close out the campaign. Rookie Dylan Sampson is another candidate to receive an increased workload over the final two games of the season. Cleveland sits at 3-12 after today’s loss, so attention will increasingly turn to the team’s position in the first round of April’s draft. Efforts to end on a winning note have been dealt a blow with Judkins sidelined, though.
How unlucky do you have to be as a franchise to have it happen to Nick Chubb and Judkins now
Didn’t see it happen, but I saw him on the ground and they had an angle avoiding the leg so I knew it had to be a bad one.
His leg looked like it bent to the right at a 90 degree angle
I think we have an underrated group of rookie RBs this season and Judkins showed he has some good upside potential. Unfortunately a couple of these guys (Hampton & Scattebo) have already missed games due to injuries.
The last paragraph has a lot of inaccurate info. Sampson has been injured and inactive for two weeks in a row, and Ford was on the gameday roster but still didn’t get any touches even after Judkins left.
Raheim Sanders got most of the carries and Trayveon Williams played the rest of the snaps. Ford is a pending free agent and I doubt they’ll bother featuring him the next two weeks.
Ford is on IR and out for the season …
Completely forgot about him. So we’re both wrong lol
Karma
Steelers can win the division if they beat the Browns next week.
Let me correct that for you. The Steelers WILL win the division AFTER they beat the Browns next week.
Pittsburgh can back into the AFC North title should Baltimore not win at Green Bay — that Saturday night special is a Peacock exclusive.
Had Wiggins caught the interception last night, I think the Ravens win. We will see if Jackson puts on a show against GB, who blew it against Chicago