Michigan star OL Zinter hauled off with leg injury

• Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterNov 25, 2023, 03:00 PM ET

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  • Graduate of Northwestern University.ANN ARBOR, Mich.

— Michigan star offensive lineman Zak Zinter left Saturday’s game late in the third quarter with what seemed a severe left leg injury.In a Facebook post later Saturday, Zinter’s mother said that Zak suffered a broken tibia and fibula and was having surgical treatment at some time in the evening. She wrote that the Michigan group FaceTimed him from the locker room while he was at the emergency room. “SUBSTANTIAL THANK YOU to the numerous family/friends/fans that have actually reached out!”Tiffany Zinter composed.”Please understand we’ll read them when we get a moment. We are beyond feeling the LOVE! On the brilliant side … he’s 3-0 versus OSU!! “Zinter’s leg buckled while he was blocking on an 18-yard pass from J.J. McCarthy to tight end AJ Barner with 2:19

left in the quarter and the game tied at 17-17. Gamers rapidly motioned for a medical cart.As the crowd chanted,”Let’s go Zak, “medical workers loaded Zinter onto the cart, and he was carried to a regional healthcare facility

. Michigan acting head coach and offending line coach Sherrone Moore stated he consulted with Zinter’s mom and got”some favorable news.””He’ll heal, and he’ll be ready to decrease the road at some point, “Moore said.Michigan’s Blake Corum scored on the making sure play and held up the numbers six and five to acknowledge Zinter, who has actually made 42 starts and missed just one game in his Wolverines career.”Zak’s my guy. He’s another guy who came back for unfinished service, “stated Corum.” Seeing him go down the last game hurt. Really emotional, seeing

what he was going through down on the ground. But we came together. We understood we needed to do it for him and the extremely next play, boom. I know he’s going to return more powerful than ever, among the best guards in the nation.””At that moment, seeing the look in everybody’s eyes, seeing them rally together; it was spiritual, truthfully, similar to seeing that,”

said quarterback J.J. McCarthy.”it was a different drive that came out of everybody when that took place.”Zinter, a senior from North Andover, Massachusetts, is a third-year starter who earned first-team All-Big 10 honors in 2022 and second-team honors

in 2021. He assisted Michigan win consecutive Joe Moore Awards as the nation’s leading offensive line. Zinter has actually begun each game this season at right guard and is a strong candidate for All-America honors.Right deal with Karsen Barnhart shifted to the ideal guard spot following Zinter’s injury, and senior Trente Jones entered the game at best take on.