Sophomore Troy McCormick suffered what head coach Kyle Whittingham called a “pretty severe” knee injury after taking a hard hit from sophomore Andre Godfrey during practice on Friday. Whittingham said, per the Salt Lake Tribune, that McCormick will likely “be on the shelf for quite a while.”
“That’s the most unfortunate part of the game,” Whittingham said. “He’s just a great kid, and it tears your heart out to see that happen.”
The 5-foot-9, 175-pound McCormick had just 178 rushing yards and a touchdown as a freshman in 2014, but Whittingham said last week that McCormick would see a far more prominent role in the offense this season behind Devontae Booker (1,512 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns). McCormick was also expected to see some time as a slot receiver.
With McCormick likely out for an extended period of time, running backs coach Dennis Erickson said senior Bubba Poole, who was also seeing time in the slot, will see more time in the backfield for the rest of spring. Erickson also said that redshirt freshman Tani Leha’uli and incoming junior college transfer Joseph Williams should be ready to contribute.
“We’ve got a couple other options on our team we probably need to look at, and we’ll look at them Monday and see what we need to do,” Erickson said.
The Utes, coming off a 9-4 season in 2014, are scheduled to play their spring game on April 25.
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