New York Giants defensive lineman Roy Robertson-Harris will miss the 2026 NFL season after suffering an injury during an OTA workout, according to NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero.
The news lands hard for a Giants defense that had expected Robertson-Harris to be part of its front next season. The 2026 campaign is still ahead, but the loss is already locked in, and it comes from a workout period that usually serves as a springboard for players getting back into football shape rather than a place where season-ending injuries define the calendar.
Pelissero identified the injury as happening in OTAs, though no exact diagnosis beyond the missed season has been made public. That leaves the team with an absence and little else to work from for now, at least publicly, because the available information stops at the fact that Robertson-Harris will not play in 2026.
For the Giants, the immediate reality is straightforward: one defensive lineman is out for the entire season before the first snap is taken. For Robertson-Harris, the setback arrives at a time when offseason work is supposed to build momentum, not wipe out an entire year. What comes next is the part that matters now — how New York adjusts to losing him, and whether more detail on the injury emerges as the team moves through the summer.
