Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec didn’t follow on Monday or Tuesday and his standing for Friday night time’s ACC encounter with the Duke Blue Devils is listed as day-to-day.
Jurkovec was upended and took a tough tumble to the turf on his 14th run of the sport within the fourth quarter of final Saturday’s 13-3 loss at UConn. Jurkovec was changed by Emmett Moorhead and didn’t return.
“Phil did not practice today (Tuesday) and we’ll see if we can get him back,” mentioned BC coach Jeff Hafley. “It’s a brief week and guys are nonetheless sore from the sport and Tuesday is the day you begin to get going a bit bit.
“Not all guys that started in the (UConn) game practiced on Tuesday. It is a Wednesday work day but it is still Tuesday from the game so we will see how he progresses from his injury. I will leave it at that with his injury at this time.”
Jurkovec has began eight video games and has accomplished 147-of-247 passes for 1,711 yards with 11 touchdowns and eight picks. Against UConn, Jurkovec had accomplished 12-of-19 makes an attempt for 156 yards and two interceptions, one within the Huskies’ finish zone.
Jurkovec and Hafley have been collectively because the first recreation of a 2020 season, a 26-6 victory at Duke. Despite altering offensive coordinators within the offseason, Jurkovec has a full understanding of the offense and may be efficient with out intensive follow reps.
“He has so many cumulative reps in the system now that if he’s available to play he will play,” mentioned Hafley.
Turnstile tackles
Boston College has been hemorrhaging offensive linemen since All-ACC guard Christian Mahogany tore the ACL in his proper knee final spring.
Hafley employed his eighth offensive line mixture at UConn. The Eagles incurred extra accidents alongside the offensive entrance with the lack of Jude Bowry, who made his second begin on the transitory proper deal with place. Four completely different gamers have began a recreation at proper deal with this season. Hafley will probably begin a ninth completely different alignment towards Duke.
“We have a short week and Duke is on a bye week so we don’t have much time to address it,” mentioned Hafley. “We began Jude at deal with and Jude acquired injured on the ninth play of the sport after which we introduced in Nick Thomas.
“Nick got injured in the game and Nick battled through it, which I have a lot of respect for. I’m not sure what his (Thomas) status will be but hopefully we will get some of those guys back. Hopefully we can get some consistency there.”
The Blue Devils are 5-3 total, 2-2 within the ACC, and coming off a formidable 45-21 victory at Miami and Oct. 22. Duke has loved a close to damage free run up to now on offense. According to Hafley’s calculations, Duke deploys a cohesive skilled offensive line round twin menace quarterback Riley Leonard.
“It starts with their offensive line, it is a really experienced group,” mentioned Hafley. “They have a bunch of fifth years and I think they have 169 total starts on the offensive line, which is huge.”
Garwo explodes
The Eagles have overly relied on explosive go performs this season they usually had 4 towards UConn, with the longest coming from an unlikely supply.
Redshirt junior tailback Patrick Garwo led all BC receivers for receptions (5) and yards (73) at UConn that included a 45-yarder from Jurkovec straight down the correct sideline. Garwo has three explosive go performs on the season that embody an earlier 23-yarder towards UConn and a display for 22 towards Rutgers.
“It felt good and it went just like we practice,” mentioned Garwo. “Plays like that construct off chemistry and dealing on receiving the ball is a part of my recreation increasingly.
“I feel the improvement and we have to take the next stride and hit more explosives.”
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