Oregon's Darron Thomas Expects To Play Vs. Colorado After Knee Injury

Darron Thomas Injury Update: Oregon QB Expects To Play Vs. Colorado

Oregon quarterback Darron Thomas said he expects to play in Saturday's game at Colorado, despite reports that suggested red-shirt freshman Bryan Bennett had been taking all the snaps with the first-team during closed-door practices. Running back LaMichael James is also nursing an injury and could miss Saturday's game, as well.

Thomas injured his knee last week against Arizona State in the third quarter of a 41-27 victory. Prior to his injury, Thomas was having a solid game. He had completed 13 of 17 passes for 187 yards and two touchdowns. He had also rushed for 74 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

After Thomas was hurt on a Colin Parker sack, Bennett entered the game and eventually led the Ducks on three scoring drives, the first of which allowed them to regain the lead. Bennett ended up going just 2 of 5 for 22 yards passing, but kept the ball moving with 66 yards rushing.

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Darron Thomas Injury Update: Oregon QB Out For Game With Knee Injury

Earlier in the game, Oregon Ducks quarterback Darron Thomas left the game with a knee injury. He went down while running with the football and an Arizona State player fell on his knee. Thomas made his way to the locker room to have his leg further checked out and you could see him making sure not to bend his left knee as he jogged to the locker room. According to Erin Andrews, the ESPN sideline reporter for the game, Thomas is out for the remainder of the game with a "tweaked left knee."

Back up quarterback Bryan Bennett will quarterback the Ducks for the remainder of the game and has already led them on a quick scoring drive to take back the lead over Arizona State, 28-24.

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Darron Thomas Injury: Oregon QB Sidelined With Leg Injury

The Oregon Ducks took a lead over Arizona State before the half, but in the second half had their offense take another big hit. After losing LaMichael James to an elbow injury a week ago, quarterback Darron Thomas left the game with a lower left leg injury. Thomas was running with the ball when an Arizona State defender came down awkwardly on his leg.

Thomas stayed on the ground for a bit then limped his way to the sideline. After being evaluated on the sideline on the trainers table, Thomas limped to the locker room to get his leg looked at further. Oregon back up quarterback Bryan Bennett will now try to lead the Ducks back, as the Sun Devils just took the lead 24-21 on an Alex Garoutte touchdown.

For further reading, news, discussion and more, visit Oregon blog Addicted to Quack and Arizona State blog House of Sparky. Here’s this week’s college football TV schedule, and stay tuned to SB Nation’s college football news hub for more.