A rather significant injury will cost one playing member of the UConn football program more than just the rest of this year.
Randy Edsall confirmed Tuesday that Zavier Scott is set to undergo season-ending knee surgery on Friday. According to the head coach, the running back suffered tears to his MCL and PCL in last Saturday’s loss to SMU.
Not only will Scott be sidelined for the last two games of the regular season, but he’s also already been ruled out for spring practice as well. Edsall expects the redshirt freshman to be healthy enough to participate in summer camp next year.
Scott is currently third on the Huskies with 194 yards on the ground. Where they’ll arguably miss him the most is in the passing game as his 33 receptions coming out of the backfield are tops on the team.
Scott’s injury continues the spate of attrition at the position for the Huskies over the last couple of months.
In early August, Nate Hopkins, who led the Huskies in rushing touchdowns in 2017, decided to leave the football team. Two weeks later, Donevin O’Reilly, a former walk-on who earned a scholarship over the summer and was on track to be the No. 1 running back, was lost to a season-ending ACL injury. In late September, freshman Khyon Gillespie went down with his own ACL injury in the loss to Syracuse.
Quarterback David Pindell is the Huskies’ leading rusher with 1,118 yards. Kevin Mensah has taken over as the lead back and is second on the team with 860 yards. Those two have accounted for all 16 of UConn’s rushing touchdowns this season, with Pindell leading the way with 10.