Wisconsin QB Van Dyke suffers leg injury in loss

• Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Elder WriterSep 14, 2024, 12:36 PM ET

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  • Signed up with ESPN.com in 2008.
  • Graduate of Northwestern University.MADISON, Wis.– Wisconsin

beginning quarterback Tyler Van Dyke left Saturday’s loss to No. 4 Alabama with a best knee/leg injury following a run on the game’s opening drive.Van Dyke, a transfer from Miami, scrambled for 5

backyards along the Wisconsin sideline when his right knee appeared to buckle. The senior didn’t put any weight on his leg as he went into Wisconsin’s injury tent and then was carted to the locker space, noticeably upset and holding his head in his hands. He was later eliminated of the game before returning to the sideline in street clothes and on crutches, with his right leg in a brace.Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell didn’t have any conclusive word on the seriousness of Van Dyke’s injury after the 42-10 loss to the Tide. “We’ll get a bit more clarity ideally here quickly, get an MRI and things like that, “Fickell stated.

“I do not think it looks genuine helpful for us, for him.”Jalen Milroe tossed 3 goals and ran for 2 more in the win, with scoring strikes to Ryan Williams, Germie Bernard

and Josh Cuevas. He also rushed for 75 lawns on 14 carries.Alabama (3-0 )was playing its very first true road game versus a group from north of the Mason-Dixon Line given that a 27-11 success at Penn State in 2011.

It also marked the Crimson Tide’s very first journey to Camp Randall Stadium given that a 15-0 loss to Wisconsin in 1928.”There was a businesslike approach in the locker room,”Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer stated.” They had energy right from the start.

“The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Van Dyke suffered an uncommon right knee lesion in 2015 against North Carolina however returned for Miami later in the season.

The 2021 ACC Rookie of the Year missed out on parts of six games because of injury at Miami in 2022. Van Dyke had 406 passing lawns with a touchdown and no interceptions on a 60.3% conclusion rate in his very first 2 starts at Wisconsin, and he had finished his first 5 pass efforts for 16 yards versus Alabama.Braedyn Locke changed the hurt Van Dyke, completing 13 of 26 pass attempts for 125 backyards and Wisconsin’s lone goal of the game.Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.