Dolphin s RB De’Von Achane’s status in question for Jets

MIAMI GARDENS — It’s a positive sign that Miami Dolphins rookie running back De’Von Achane was listed as a limited participant on the team’s Tuesday injury report, although that was just a walkthrough.

Now, Achane will be tested through a more stringent practice Wednesday as the Dolphins look to determine whether he can play at the New York Jets in a 3 p.m. Friday kickoff on a short week, five days after tweaking the right knee injury he had just recovered from.

“(Wednesday) is a big day for him,” McDaniel said. “We’ll have to make a decision. He’s going to want to play, and it’s not really a preventative decision on whether or not, how much he can sustain and worry about further injury. It’s not that. It’s more the consequences of someone that, when you go to a game on an active roster that’s very limited and then you’re unable to fulfill your four-quarter duty, there’s a consequence on the team, as well as I need to still make sure of where his confidence level is at with something that I know is uncharted for him.”

So if he can’t fulfill his duties for four quarters, could a limited snap count in a running back group that also should have a healthy Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson Jr. be in play?

“All things are up in the air,” McDaniel said. “From a medical standpoint, there’s no risk in regard to, ‘All right, this is pressing the envelope.’ That’s what I first established.

“It’s more about his confidence, and yes, there is a chance that he’ll play, for sure, but there’s a chance that he won’t either.

Achane missed four games on injured reserve with the knee injury sustained Oct. 8 against the New York Giants. In Sunday’s win over the Las Vegas Raiders, he started but lasted only three snaps, making one rush attempt and then aggravating the knee on a 4-yard reception on the first play of Miami’s second possession.

On the offensive line, the Dolphins are already tracking right guard Robert Hunt’s status; he has missed the past two games recovering from a hamstring injury.