Dont’a Hightower is expected to be sidelined six to seven months following offseason surgery on his right shoulder, the Boston Globe reported on Thursday.
The linebacker was on the injury report since Week 14 with a shoulder injury. Ian Rapoport originally reported the injury.
With the Super Bowl over, the plan is for #Patriots LB Dont'a Hightower to have labrum surgery, I’m told. Played mostly with one arm.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 2, 2015
Hightower missed the Week 14 game against the Chargers and sat out the meaningless Week 17 game against the Bills, but otherwise played through the injury for the final stretch of the season, playing 321 of a possible 327 snaps over five games