A Nebraska wide receiver will miss the remainder of the 2023 season. Head football coach Matt Rhule announced that Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda tore his ACL and is out of the year.
“Yeah, Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda got hit in the side of the knee, tore his ACL. Heartbroken for him. Really one of the great stories on our team and sad for him. Really sad for him.
The New Mexico transfer was in his second season at Nebraska. Last year, he opened the season strong with four catches for 120 yards and a touchdown in their season opener against Northwestern.
He would cut his 2022 season short after entering the transfer portal in early October. Garcia-Castaneda would withdraw from the portal in January.
Rhule told the media that the rest of the receiver room will have to step up with Garcia-Castaneda out for the season.
“Yeah I think it’s kind of all hands on deck. It’ll be those young guys. We got Jaylen (Lloyd) in and got him on the reverse. Hoping Malachi (Coleman) can help us. Obviously we’ll have Marcus (Washington) now back full time, so it’ll just be all hands on deck. We used Heinrich (Haarberg) last game a little bit so we’re just going to have to go with the guys that are there and trust and believe that they’ll make the plays.”
Nebraska now prepares for their second game of the season. This Saturday the Huskers will visit Boulder, Colorado to face the Colorado Buffaloes.
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