Updated injury news for Oregon Ducks ahead of WSU game

An updated look at the Oregon Ducks’ injury news ahead of the Washington State game on Saturday.

It’s the fourth week of the college football season and the Oregon Ducks football game head into the Palouse with a relatively healthy team. There are just a few players who are definitely out for the game and a couple of key players are expected to be back and travel to Pullman.

The Cougars are also hopeful of regaining the services of a couple of key defensive players such as corner Chau Smith-Wade and safety Jordan Lee. WSU coach Jake Dickert wouldn’t proclaim those players will be on the field Saturday against the Ducks, however.

While Oregon doesn’t officially release an injury report each week, we took information gleaned from interviews and practice and have put together one of our own. Here is our estimation of what Oregon’s injury report will look like on Saturday.

WATCH: Byron Cardwell breaks off 34-yard run for first career touchdown

Going 34-yards untouched for your first career TD? That will do for Oregon’s Byron Cardwell Jr.

Byron Cardwell seems to have taken that No. 2 running back position and run with it, quite literally.

The freshman scored his first career touchdown with a basic off tackle right and once he saw open space, he let his speed to the rest.

Cardwell’s touchdown made it 14-0 Ducks over Colorado with 7:04 left in the first quarter. He made another sweet run earlier in the scoring drive as Cardwell went 29 yards, also running right. He made one guy miss before going out of bounds.

Having a solid No. 2 tailback will take the load off of starter Travis Dye. He took over the No. 1 running back duties from CJ Verdell after the junior went down with a ankle injury.