The Buffalo Bills’ depth at defensive tackle is being put to the test before the 2025 regular season even begins.
A league source told The Buffalo News on Sunday that second-year defensive tackle DeWayne Carter tore his Achilles tendon during Wednesday’s practice and will miss the year. The news was first reported by NFL reporter Jordan Schultz.
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Bills defensive tackle DeWayne Carter (90) will miss the 2025 season after suffering a torn Achilles tendon during practice. Joshua Bessex/Buffalo News
Carter, 24, appeared in 11 games with three starts as a rookie, finishing with 14 tackles, five tackles for loss, three quarterback hits and one pass defensed. He suffered a wrist injury in a Week 7 win over Tennessee that required surgery and landed him on injured reserve, keeping him out of the lineup for four weeks.
Returning from that injury proved to be a challenge, and Carter was a healthy inactive for the Bills’ three postseason games.
"I think the best way to describe it for me is business is business, regardless of whether you think it’s right, wrong or indifferent, it doesn’t matter,” he told The News in June. “You don’t take business personally. You want to be out there every snap that you can be, but at the end of the day, that’s not how it works.”
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Carter was set to enter this season as a rotational defensive tackle behind starters Ed Oliver and DaQuan Jones. Now, rookie defensive tackles T.J. Sanders and Deone Walker, chosen in the second and fourth rounds, will be counted on to play an even larger share of the snaps.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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