National Football League

Browns' Jackson to have surgery

Published Sep. 27, 2010 10:11 p.m. ET

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Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini says linebacker D'Qwell Jackson will undergo surgery to repair a torn right chest muscle.

Jackson, who injured his pectoral muscle during training camp, was placed on injured reserve Saturday and will be out for the season. He had only returned to practice last Wednesday, and as late as Friday the five-year veteran believed he would be able to play this season.

Mangini said the team was hoping rest and rehab would enable Jackson to come back, but that his injury ''didn't respond the way that we hoped it would.''

Jackson missed Cleveland's final 10 games last season after tearing his left pectoral muscle.