New York Jets starting right guard Alijah Vera-Tucker will miss the entire 2025 season due to a torn triceps, coach Aaron Glenn confirmed Thursday.

Vera-Tucker suffered the injury during Tuesday’s practice, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday.

“It’s about a seven-month rehab in that situation,” Glenn said Thursday.

Durability has been an issue for Vera-Tucker, who has missed extended time in two of his four seasons with the Jets due to various injuries, including a season-ending triceps injury in 2022. This latest triceps injury is to the opposite arm from the one he injured in 2022, sources told Schefter. He also missed 12 games in 2023 because of a torn Achilles.

This is a tough blow for Vera-Tucker, 26, who is in the final year of his rookie contract. A first-round draft pick in 2021, he is making a guaranteed $15.3 million — the amount of his fifth-year option.

The Jets were counting on Vera-Tucker, perhaps their best overall lineman, to ease the transition for rookie right tackle Armand Membou.

“He was a big player for us, man,” said Glenn, “but we’ve got to continue to keep rolling.”

“It’s a tough deal,” added offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand. “As we all know, that’s a good football player. It’s a really good football player, but we feel confident in the other guys, too.”

Early in training camp, Glenn expressed an interest in extending Vera-Tucker’s contract. Glenn called him “a great player,” adding, “hopefully, at some point, we can try to talk and get something done.”

The offensive line, thought to be one of the Jets’ strengths, will have to be shuffled as the team prepares to face the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday at MetLife Stadium.

“When it comes to who’s going to be up, as far as the O-line, I’m still getting that evaluated,” Glenn added.

Center Joe Tippmann, who has played right guard in the past, could slide over to replace Vera-Tucker. Josh Myers, a longtime Green Bay Packers starter, would play center. Tippmann and Myers waged a summerlong battle at center, and Glenn still hadn’t declared a winner in that competition.

The Jets have another situation on the line that bears watching. Left guard John Simpson missed time in the preseason with a back ailment, but he returned to practice Tuesday and is expected to play Sunday against the Steelers.

At the beginning of camp, Vera-Tucker talked optimistically about the season, noting this was the first offseason since 2022 that he didn’t have to rehab from a major injury.

“I tell people all the time, this is the best I’ve ever felt coming off an offseason,” he said in late July.

Vera-Tucker was voted a captain earlier in the week by his teammates.

ESPN’s Rich Cimini and the Associated Press contributed to this story.