Jacksonville Jaguars first-rounder Travis Etienne out for season with mid-foot sprain

NEW ORLEANS – Jacksonville Jaguars running back Travis Etienne will miss his entire rookie season after suffering a Lisfranc injury – a tarsometatarsal fracture-dislocation in the middle area of the foot – that will require surgery.

The Jaguars placed Etienne on injured reserve Tuesday, officially ending any hope he could return to play this season.

Etienne sustained the sprain in the second quarter of Monday night's 23-21 loss to the New Orleans Saints at the Superdome. He did not return to the game.

Etienne ended the night with one catch for 3 yards and his 1-yard run, which all occurred on the same drive that ended with Josh Lambo's 34-yard field goal. The Jaguars drafted Etienne 25th overall in the first round to be their playmaker.

At Clemson, Etienne scored a touchdown in 46 of 55 career games and closed out his career as the leading rusher in ACC history with 4,952 yards.

In last week's preseason opener against the Cleveland Browns, Etienne gained 2 yards on one carry and was targeted once with no catches.

“He’s shown me great talent,'' Meyer said. ''We were planning on using him,

and I look up and he is limping off of the field. He was out in the open space. ... I see what everyone else sees, a talented guy who we’ve got to get in space.”

Etienne's injury likely means James Robinson will share a heavier workload with Carlos Hyde. The Jaguars did not have much success running the ball against the Saints as they averaged just 2.3 yards per carry, 45 yards total. Robinson was Jacksonville's leading rusher with 13 yards on five carries.

The Jaguars will close out their three-game preseason schedule this Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys on the road.