If they haven’t already, Stanford may want to consider encasing Jack West in some industrial-strength bubble wrap.
Some type of head injury sidelined season-opening starter K.J. Costello for the USC game in Week 2, although he was able to return the following weekend. However, after playing in two straight games, a thumb injury kept him out of the Week 5 win over Oregon State and the Week 6 upset of Washington.
In that win over the Huskies, though, Costello’s backup, Davis Mills, suffered a calf injury. Despite coming off a bye, Costello had already been ruled out of the Week 8 matchup with UCLA; Mills’ injury still lingers as well as, Wednesday night, the Cardinal announced that West (pictured) is expected to get the start against the Bruins Thursday night down on The Farm.
It will mark the redshirt freshman’s first career start.
Following Wednesday’s practice, head coach David Shaw announced that Davis Mills has been ruled out for tomorrow’s game vs. UCLA and Jack West is expected to make his first career start. pic.twitter.com/D4uH3r2OQ2
— Stanford Football (@StanfordFball) October 17, 2019
West has attempted just five passes during his collegiate career, which came during his true freshman season last year. While he played for nearly an entire quarter in replacing the injured Mills Oct. 5, West did not throw a pass.