Last week, the Longhorns lost starting running back CJ Baxter for the season with a knee injury. This week isn’t starting out any better at Texas practice.
RB Christian Clark was injured at practice on Monday. The severity is unknown, although Anwar Richardson of OrangeBloods reports it is believed to be serious.
I can confirm that true freshman RB Christian Clark has sustained what is believed to be a serious lower leg injury. It is not believed to be an ACL injury. Staff is considering moving redshirt freshman receiver Ryan Niblett to running back. pic.twitter.com/XnjtAGdPkb
— Anwar Richardson (@AnwarRichardson) August 13, 2024
Though the nature of the injury is a mystery, Bobby Burton of OnTexasFootball says, “It does not sound good on its face.”
Texas back-up RB Christian Clark was injured at practice earlier today. We do not know the severity of the injury at this time.
Texas lost Starting RB Cedric Baxter to a season-ending injury just last week. pic.twitter.com/BBSjST6Fs0
— OnTexasFootball (@ontexasfootball) August 12, 2024
Clark is a freshman running back out of Arizona. He was slated to be a backup in 2024, but with the injury to Baxter last week, every RB had moved up the depth chart a slot.
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OnTexasFootball’s CJ Vogel wrote, “He came down awkward after leaping for a pass. He needed assistance to get off the field. Again it sounds like a lower body injury. It doesn’t sound great. We don’t know the severity. We do know however Christian Clark was unable to finish practice.”
Burton adds: “I feel like they’re a little bit snake bit at the position. The Longhorns have four scholarship running backs available, including Clark. If Clark were to be out, that would be three. We will see what that means.”
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