Football update: Joe Schlager out for season

Redshirt freshman running back Joe Schlager will likely miss the upcoming season.

Schlager suffered a knee injury at the team’s spring practice Tuesday morning, Bryan Boettcher, USD’s sports information director, confirmed in an email.

Schlager suffered a dislocated knee, fractured patella and a torn ACL, MCL and PCL.

Schlager will have surgery in three to six weeks.

The Coyotes now have seven running backs remaining on the active roster.