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Port Adelaide's Jack Watts has had surgery on a broken leg and dislocated ankle after being hurt in their AFL win over Carlton.

Port Adelaide utility Jack Watts has had surgery on a broken leg and dislocated ankle after suffering a horror AFL injury.

Watts' right leg was trapped in a tackle in the third quarter of Port's win against Carlton on Saturday night.

The 28-year-old had surgery on Sunday.

"It's too early to be putting a specific timeline on his recovery at this stage," Port's head of medical services Tim O'Leary said in a statement.

Port coach Ken Hinkley said post-match he was confident that Watts would overcome the latest setback in his maligned career.

Watts endured a torrid off-season when lewd text messages he allegedly sent to a woman were leaked online.

Later, video emerged of the 28-year-old snorting a legal menthol-based powder from a woman's chest at the infamous Oktoberfest in Munich.

The incidents came as Watts prepared for his second season at Port, after the former No.1 draft pick was off-loaded by Melbourne.

"He has been through a lot of stuff - you don't get through what he has been through in the past if you're not a resilient person," Hinkley said.

"So he's going to call on that again with an injury.

"This is a different scenario for him but I'm sure he's capable of handling that and bouncing back."