Going into this season, Texas Tech coach Mike Leach had gone at least 12 years without having a quarterback on one of his teams miss a start because of injury.
Now it’s about to happen twice in less than a month.
The Avalanche-Journal has learned Tech quarterback Steven Sheffield will be out at least two to three weeks with a foot injury he suffered in Saturday’s 31-10 victory at Nebraska. Sheffield had a medical procedure performed Sunday on the injured foot.
He’s expected to miss home games the next two Saturdays, against Texas A&M and Kansas before Tech has an open date.
The earliest he’s likely to return is for a Nov. 14 road game at Oklahoma State.
Tech spokesman Chris Cook declined comment.
“Tech has no comment,” he said.
Earlier Monday, Leach said Tech’s starting quarterback for Saturday would be a game-time decision.
The injury to Sheffield means Taylor Potts, who got hurt in a 48-28 victory Oct. 3 against New Mexico, could return to the starting lineup. It might depend on how well medical staff believe Potts has recovered from the concussion he suffered. Potts practiced throughout last week and was in uniform at Nebraska, though he didn’t play.
Sheffield played the entire game at Nebraska, finishing 23 of 32 for 234 yards. He threw for one touchdown and scored two others via quarterback sneaks, one on Tech’s last offensive play.
The junior from Pflugerville Connally has completed 76 of 102 — 74.5 percent — for 1,014 yards, 12 touchdowns and two interceptions. Nearly all of that came in the last 2 1/2 weeks, which included his first career starts, against Kansas State and Nebraska.
Potts started the first five games and has 1,817 yards on 159-for-235 passing. He has thrown 13 touchdowns and six interceptions.
Story courtesy of www.redraiders.com
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We'll be okay. Potts is more than capable of taking the reigns back if he is healthy now. How about that O line stepping up and keeping our QBs from getting injured. This has not been a problem over the past several years with the same type of offensive schemes.
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