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Pete Thamel, ESPN
FAU quarterback Casey Thompson will miss the remainder of the season after getting injured at Clemson on Saturday night, sources told ESPN.
Thompson tore both his ACL and medial meniscus, per ESPN sources, and the injury continues a run of bad injury luck that’s plagued his six-year college career.
FAU is expected to start Central Michigan transfer Daniel Richardson against Illinois this week. Richardson is an experienced quarterback who started 23 games at CMU.
Under NCAA rules, Thompson could potentially receive a waiver to play a seventh season after getting injured in FAU’s third game of the season. Players are eligible for medical redshirts if they’ve completed less than 30-percent of the season, which Thompson falls under getting hurt in the third game.
Thompson entered this season having started 10 games for Texas in 2021 and 10 at Nebraska in 2022. Injuries impacted both those years, as he tore his labrum at Nebraska last September and injured in thumb in October of 2021. Both of those hampered his play and eventually required surgery.
Thompson’s transfer to FAU for his sixth year was tied, in part, to reunite with former Texas coach Tom Herman. Thompson committed to Herman out of high school and played for him at Texas.
Before the injury against Clemson, Thompson threw for five touchdowns, five interceptions and completed 63.3 percent of his passes for 509 yards.
Richardson completed 18-of-32 passes for 120 yards and one interception in place of Thompson against Clemson.