BALTIMORE — Ravens cornerback Bilhal Kone tore a ligament in his left knee during Thursday night’s 24-16 win against the Indianapolis Colts in the preseason opener and will sit out the season, coach John Harbaugh said.
Kone, a rookie sixth-round pick, was defending Colts wide receiver Ashton Dulin down the left sideline at the end of the first quarter when he went down in the end zone on an incomplete pass. He was visibly in pain and immediately grabbed his left leg.
Ravens athletic trainers put Kone’s leg in an air cast before carting him off the field. He had been competing for one of the final cornerback spots for Baltimore.
“Even seeing him in the locker room just now is really hard. Very hard,” Harbaugh said. “But I told him the sun will come up tomorrow. You’ll get this taken care of. You’ll be rehabbing, you’re part of our team and you’ll be back. So it’s just not on the time that you hope for.”
Last season, Kone led Western Michigan with nine passes broken up. He added 70 tackles and one interception.