Broncos’ KJ Hamler tears pectoral muscle, to miss several months, source says

KJ Hamler just can’t shake the bad injury luck.

The fourth-year wide receiver recently tore his pectoral muscle while training on his own away from the Broncos facility, a source confirmed to The Post on Thursday morning. He is looking at a rehabilitation timeline of four to six months, the shorter end of which would have him healthy for the start of training camp in late July.

The NFL Network first reported Hamler’s injury.

The former Penn State standout and 2020 second-round pick of the Broncos was just getting back toward full health after a hamstring injury and subsequent aggravation cost him the final nine games of the 2022 season. Hamler missed almost all of the 2021 season with a serious knee and hip injury and the rehabilitation carried all the way through training camp last summer. He played 40 snaps in Denver’s season opener at Seattle but then was inactive in Week 2.

Slowly, he worked his way back into playing shape and made the biggest play of his season — a 46-yard catch that jump-started a game-winning touchdown drive in London against Jacksonville — as the Broncos headed into their bye week.

He injured his hamstring in practice ahead of Denver’s first game after the break, however, and never made it back to the field after aggravating the injury a few weeks later.

Hamler overall has played in just 11 games over the past two seasons. He is entering the final season of his four-year rookie contract.

Wilson’s knee scope. Denver quarterback Russell Wilson had a minor procedure on his knee after the team’s season ended in January, a source confirmed to The Post.

Wilson was in and out the same day and quickly back to his normal training routine. He was on the injury report for three different issues in 2022 — his throwing shoulder, a hamstring and a late-season concussion — but never for a knee issue.

The offseason procedure is not expected to impact his offseason program.

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