Louisville CB Clark to miss rest of season with knee injury
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louisville coach Scott Satterfield says that top cover corner Kei´Trel Clark will miss the remainder of this season after tearing his left anterior cruciate ligament during Saturday night´s Atlantic Coast Conference loss at North Carolina State.
Satterfield announced the sophomore cornerback´s diagnosis during his weekly news conference on Monday. He said Clark underwent an MRI and will have surgery on the knee.
Clark had emerged into one of the ACC´s top cover players and led the conference with 12 passes defended, including three interceptions. He´s the third Cardinals starter lost to a season-ending injury, following linebacker Monty Montgomery and receiver Braden Smith.
Satterfield said Clark´s injury "is a tough blow for us" and added that Louisville counted on him a lot.
"It´s a big loss on that side of the ball," Satterfield said. "We´ve not been great in our pass defense and losing one of our better pass defenders certainly hurts. The other guys will have to rise up and they´re going to have to make plays."
Louisville (4-4, 2-3) hosts third-place Clemson (5-3, 4-2) on Saturday night.
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