Injuries will knock out one of Notre Dame’s top offensive weapons and left another one questionable for this weekend’s game, head coach Brian Kelly revealed Tuesday.
Wide receiver Theo Riddick suffered a severely sprained ankle in the Irish’s 44-20 win over Western Michigan and has already been ruled out of Saturday’s game with Navy.
Kelly did not say how long Riddick would be out -- “It’s going to take some time” -- but there was at least a little bit of good news regarding the receiver; Kelly said that surgery will not be required after initially thinking it might be.
Unfortunately for the Irish, Riddick isn’t the only receiver with an injury issue.
Michael Floyd is hampered by a hamstring injury, and Kelly said the All-American candidate’s availability will be a game-time decision.
“Michael Floyd -- we’ll rest him this week, relative to practice, but we are going to dress him for Saturday and see where he is,” Kelly said. “We probably won’t have a true understanding what he can do until game time. Kind of like we did with Armando (Allen) last week and we’ll go from there.”
Floyd leads the Irish with 44 receptions for 624 yards and six touchdowns, while Riddick’s 38/406/3 are all good for second on the team.
