LSU wide receiver Travin Dural suffered a “deep laceration” to his forehead after being involved in a car crash early Sunday morning. The laceration, which reportedly required “about 15 stitches,” kept him out of practice part of this week, but head coach Les Miles said the sophomore will play on Saturday.
The Advocate is reporting that Dural was held out of practice up until Wednesday because he could not wear a helmet with his stitches.
“He had a little accident,” Miles said, per The Advocate. “Sustained a very minor soft tissue injury. He’ll be fine, and he’ll play in this game.”
Police said that Dural was the driver of a vehicle that made a left turn without having a green arrow. A vehicle traveling in the opposite lane direction then collided with Dural’s vehicle. Paramedics were called to the scene at 3:16 a.m. and Dural was reportedly taken to a Baton Rouge hospital to treat his injury.
No citations were issued following the incident.
Miles told reporters that Dural was “picking up a friend who had misplaced his keys.”
Dural is off to a great start thus far in 2014. He has caught only six passes in two games this year, but has 291 yards receiving and four touchdowns. His 48.5 yards per reception leads the country. The 6-foot-2, 192-pound Dural, a redshirt sophomore from Breaux Bridge, La., was a four-star recruit in LSU’s 2012 class. Prior to this season, he had seven career catches for 145 yards and two scores.
The 2-0 Tigers, ranked No. 10, will welcome Louisiana-Moneroe to Tiger Stadium for a 7 p.m. ET kickoff Saturday night.
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