Former Texas And Nebraska QB Casey Thompson Suffers Season-Ending Injury
In FAU's Week 3 game against Clemson on Saturday, former Texas and Nebraska quarterback Casey Thompson went down with what has now been reported as a season-ending knee injury.
According to ESPN, Thompson tore both his ACL and MCL in what is his sixth year of college football. There is a chance that he can return for a seventh season, as the NCAA could grant Thompson a waiver to play due to the fact that he played less than 30% of the season, which makes him eligible for a medical redshirt.
Injuries have plagued Thompson throughout his career, as during his time at Texas where he started 10 games after taking over for Hudson Card, he hurt his thumb and later needed surgery. He then transferred to Nebraska where he tore his labrum, which required surgery as well.
The injury at FAU cuts his time short with the former Texas head coach, Tom Herman, who was hired prior to this season. Thompson committed to Herman as a four-star recruit but only attempted 29 career passes with Herman on the sidelines, as after the 2020 season Herman was fired.
Before going down with the knee injury, Thompson had thrown for five touchdowns, and five interceptions while completing 63.3% of his passes for 509 yards this season. The Owls will now turn to Central Michigan transfer Daniel Richardson to take over as the starting quarterback.
Thompson's time at Texas was full of mixed emotions as he looked extremely good to start the season and in the Alamo Bowl victory the year prior, but after injuring his thumb and trying to play through it he wasn't the same. He also started some controversy when he left Texas for Nebraska and implied that the NIL was better in Lincoln.