Stanford TE Ertz Out, WR Owusu Uncertain at LinesMaker

Stanford TE Ertz Out, WR Owusu Uncertain

STANFORD, Calif. – Tight end Zach Ertz will most likely be side­lined for at least two weeks for No. 4 Stan­ford with a lower right leg injury, leav­ing one of the team’s most pro­duc­tive units shorthanded.

The school announced Mon­day that Ertz is expected to miss Saturday’s game at Ore­gon State and the Nov. 12 matchup against sixth-ranked Ore­gon that could deter­mine the Pac-12 North cham­pion. How­ever, he has not been com­pletely ruled out next week when the Ducks (7–1, 5–0) visit Stan­ford Stadium.

“I’ll be back before you know it!” Ertz wrote on his Twit­ter page min­utes after the announcement.

Ertz appeared to injure his right knee on the open­ing kick­off of Stanford’s 56–48 triple-overtime vic­tory at South­ern Cal­i­for­nia on Sat­ur­day night. He spent the remain­der of the game stand­ing on the side­lines with crutches.

Ertz has 22 catches for 308 yards and three touch­downs this sea­son as part of a tight end trio that cre­ates con­stant mis­matches and has become Andrew Luck’s favorite tar­gets. With­out him against USC, the Car­di­nal (8–0, 6–0) couldn’t run their most effec­tive for­ma­tion: Ertz and fel­low tight ends Coby Fleener and Levine Toilolo on the field together.

The thrilling win at the Col­i­seum came at other costs.

Chris Owusu’s sta­tus is still unclear after the lead­ing wide receiver suf­fered what appeared to be another con­cus­sion. USC safety T.J. McDon­ald lev­eled Owusu with a hit to the head, draw­ing a per­sonal foul penalty that extended Stanford’s touchdown-tying drive late in regulation.

A team spokesman said there was no imme­di­ate update on Owusu’s status.

The speedy receiver also suf­fered what Stan­ford coach David Shaw described as a “minor con­cus­sion” in a win at Wash­ing­ton State in mid-October. Owusu, who has 370 yards receiv­ing with two touch­downs this sea­son and dou­bles as a kick returner, was lim­ited to seven games last year due to var­i­ous injuries– includ­ing at least one concussion.

Start­ing strong safety Delano How­ell has missed the last two games with a hand injury. Shaw has said he was hope­ful How­ell would be back for Ore­gon State, and cer­tainly should return against the Ducks.

Kicker Jor­dan Williamson and offen­sive tackle Cameron Flem­ing are day to day, and punter David Green is expected to play at Ore­gon State. Their injuries were not disclosed.

Fol­low Anto­nio Gon­za­lez at: www.twitter.com/agonzalez

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