QB Sanders hurt as Buffs’ loss ends bowl hopes

• Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterNov 18, 2023, 01:12 AM ET

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Shedeur Sanders left in the second quarter of the Buffaloes’56-14 loss to Washington State after suffering an obvious arm or wrist injury.Sanders was at first harmed on the Buffaloes’second series of the game on a play where he was sacked and fumbled before Brennan Jackson returned it 40 lawns for a WSU goal. The injury sidelined him for the next series, but he returned for the following one– a three-play goal drive, topped by a 45-yard strike to Travis Hunter.Sanders played 2 more series however was slow to get up after getting sacked on third down and was replaced once again by

backup Ryan Staub. He did not go back to the game.”He had some feeling numb in his hand and could not truly grip the ball,” head coach Deion Sanders stated.

“But then that 2nd hit he simply got rolled up on. We decided not to send him back out.”Shedeur Sanders entered the game as the most sacked quarterback in the country (48 ), and the combination of a permeable offensive line and his propensity to hold on to the ball were bothersome once again. He was sacked four times in the first quarter and Staub was sacked once after coming in.Friday’s loss ended Colorado’s(4-7)hopes of reaching a bowl. The Buffaloes required to win their last two games of the season to reach bowl eligibility.”We’re falling short of what we can,”Deion Sanders stated.” That’s the part of this that’s tough to digest. We have actually got high expectations here, so this is significantly

frustrating. “