Badgers TE Cundiff out indefinitely with leg injury

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin tight finish Clay Cundiff is unavailable indefinitely however hasn’t been dominated out for the season.

Cundiff was carted off the sphere Saturday within the Badgers’ 52-21 loss to No. 3 Ohio State.

Within the harm report launched Monday, Cundiff is listed as unavailable for the Badgers’ upcoming recreation with Illinois due to an injured left leg. However he is not among the many gamers out for the season.

Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst declined to supply a timetable for when Cundiff presumably may return.

Cundiff injured the leg as he went down after making a catch within the closing minute of the primary half at Ohio State. As he was carted off the sphere, nearly each Wisconsin participant left the sideline to greet him and supply assist.

It is the second straight season through which Cundiff has been carted off the sphere with a significant harm. He dislocated an ankle, broke the fibula and tore the deltoid ligament in his proper leg final yr in a 27-7 victory over Iowa, knocking him out for the season.

Cundiff got here again from that harm and caught two landing passes in a 17-14 loss to Washington State earlier this season. He has 9 catches for 142 yards to associate with these two scores.

“It is robust looking for phrases to supply the precise context to that state of affairs as a result of I watched him come again final yr and simply that journey he needed to go on from the Iowa recreation all by winter, spring ball and eventually getting again through the summer season,” tight finish Hayden Rucci stated. “I nonetheless do not even have the phrases. It is actually robust as a result of he labored his [rear] off daily to get again. He is aware of the journey he is acquired once more. He is aware of what to do. We’re all simply behind him proper now.”

Rucci and Jack Eschenbach determine to get a lot of the work at tight finish whereas Cundiff is out.

“It was fairly heartbreaking. I do know what an harm like that may do to somebody mentally,” stated Eschenbach, who handled shoulder and quadriceps accidents final yr. “[For him] to type of need to undergo that another time, it was fairly unhappy to see. However I do know him very nicely and I do know he’ll persevere by, and he’ll be again once more ultimately.”