Louisville running back Victor Anderson has had a tough season while dealing with an assortment of injuries. Now the sophomore will be shut down for the year because of a broken clavicle.
Coach Steve Kragthorpe said on the Big East coaches teleconference that Anderson would have surgery Tuesday and would miss the season finale against Rutgers. Anderson left the Syracuse game two weeks ago with the clavicle injury.
Kragthorpe said the team had put off the surgery, hoping Anderson would recover if the Cardinals could qualify for a bowl. But Saturday's loss to South Florida was the team's seventh defeat, ending any hopes for the postseason.
Anderson was the Big East's newcomer of the year in 2008 after rushing for 1,047 yards and eight touchdowns as a redshirt freshman. He'll end this year with 473 yards and five touchdowns in eight games.
In his absence, Louisville has gotten contributions from redshirt freshman Darius Ashley (416 yards, three touchdowns) and junior Bilal Powell (394 yards, four scores).
"We've lost some of that explosiveness and game-breaking ability without Vic," Kragthorpe said. "But we've got some great young tailbacks here."
Coach Steve Kragthorpe said on the Big East coaches teleconference that Anderson would have surgery Tuesday and would miss the season finale against Rutgers. Anderson left the Syracuse game two weeks ago with the clavicle injury.
Kragthorpe said the team had put off the surgery, hoping Anderson would recover if the Cardinals could qualify for a bowl. But Saturday's loss to South Florida was the team's seventh defeat, ending any hopes for the postseason.
Anderson was the Big East's newcomer of the year in 2008 after rushing for 1,047 yards and eight touchdowns as a redshirt freshman. He'll end this year with 473 yards and five touchdowns in eight games.
In his absence, Louisville has gotten contributions from redshirt freshman Darius Ashley (416 yards, three touchdowns) and junior Bilal Powell (394 yards, four scores).
"We've lost some of that explosiveness and game-breaking ability without Vic," Kragthorpe said. "But we've got some great young tailbacks here."
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