
New England Patriots linebacker Dont’a Hightower will have surgery to repair a torn labrum in his shoulder, according to NFL.com.
Hightower suffered the injury in Week 13 against the Green Bay Packers. He sat out Week 14 and 17 but otherwise played through it.
He was in on a game-saving tackle on Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch in the final seconds of the Patriots’ 28-24 win in the Super Bowl.
Hightower, 24, missed two other games with a knee injury.