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Trevor Knight’s season is over.
The senior quarterback will miss the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury, Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin announced during a Tuesday press conference. Sumlin said Knight “at best” could return for the Aggies’ bowl game due to the injury, which he suffered in a 35-28 loss at Mississippi State last Saturday.
A&M HC @CoachSumlin announces that QB Trevor Knight is out for remainder of season.
— Billy Liucci (@billyliucci) November 8, 2016
"At best, we can get him back for the bowl game." – A&M HC Kevin Sumlin on Aggie QB Trevor Knight.
— Billy Liucci (@billyliucci) November 8, 2016
Junior Jake Hubenak, who completed 11-of-17 passes for 222 yards and a pair of touchdowns in Knight’s absence late week, will probably take over as Texas A&M’s starting quarterback. But Sumlin said he’s open to giving true freshman Nick Starkel, a top-25 quarterback in the class of 2016, a shot at playing.
Kevin Sumlin said freshman QB Nick Starkel and his family are on-board with playing, which means he'd burn his redshirt.
— Ben Baby (@Ben_Baby) November 8, 2016
Sumlin: I can't tell you for sure that Nick Starkel will play (Hubenak will start), but have had that conversation with him.
— Brent Zwerneman (@BrentZwerneman) November 8, 2016
Knight, a graduate transfer from Oklahoma, first appeared to injure himself while diving for the pylon on a touchdown run against the Bulldogs.
He returned to the game after a visit to the locker room but was declared out after taking a hit near the sideline, which Sumlin and his coaching staff have taken issue with.
Sumlin on Knight being dragged down on sideline and whether that made injury worse: "Yes, it did. We sent the film in."
— TexAgs (@TexAgs) November 8, 2016
Texas A&M’s offense flowed smoothly under Knight, who threw for 1,911 yards and 13 touchdowns while rushing for 583 yards and 10 scores before the injury.
The No. 10 Aggies (7-2, 4-2) will have to adjust to life without him when they host Ole Miss (4-5, 1-4) at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday.
Marcus covers SEC football for Saturday Down South.
