New England Patriots’ leading rusher Fred Taylor will require surgery on his injured right ankle.

Assuming there are no complications, the surgery is not expected to sideline Taylor for the season.

On Sunday’s 27-21 win over the Ravens, Taylor injured the ankle on his final carry, a 3-yard rush in which he came up hobbling after charging hard into the middle of the Baltimore defense. He has been held out of practice the past two days.

The 33-year-old Taylor has been instrumental in helping provide more balance to a New England offense that skewed heavily toward the pass the first two weeks of the season. He is in his first season with the Patriots after spending the first 11 years of his career with the Jaguars.

In a Sept. 27 win over the Falcons, he logged the team’s only individual 100-yard performance of the season by rushing for 105 yards on 21 carries.

(via ESPN)