Posted by ESPN.com’s Graham Watson

BYU running back Harvey Unga played most of last week’s game against Colorado State with a broken pinkie finger on his right hand, and now he’ll play the rest of the season with it.

Unga suffered the injury during the second play of last week’s game, but still rushed for 113 yards and three touchdowns. He wore a soft cast during Tuesday’s practice, but expects to play this week against Utah State.

"It hurts like any other broken finger, I'm assuming," Unga told reporters after Tuesday’s practice. "I've got four other good ones. That helps out.”

BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said the team ruled out surgery because it would likely keep Unga from playing. The surgery would require pins placed in the pinkie to allow the bones to reconnect and grow back in place.

"The injury doesn't seem to bother him, so it's not going to bother us," Mendenhall said. "He would like to play."

If the injury is not healed or is still bothering Unga at the end of the season, he could still undergo surgery in the offseason.