Purdue’s Elijah Sindelar, the nation’s leading passer after two games, suffered a concussion late in Saturday’s contest, putting his status for this week’s home game against TCU in doubt.
“We’ll monitor and see if he passes all the tests and goes through the proper protocol and hopefully get him back if he’s ready to go,” coach Jeff Brohm said during his weekly press conference. Brohm added that the team should know more about Sindelar’s status by mid-week.
Sindelar, a senior, is averaging 466 passing yards through two games, including a 509-yard performance in last weekend’s 42-24 victory over visiting Vanderbilt. He earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors and became the first Purdue quarterback with 500 yards and five touchdown passes in a game since Kyle Orton in 2004.
Sindelar was sent to the medical tent on the sideline during the Boilermakers’ final series on Saturday after he rushed for 7 yards.
His backup is redshirt freshman Jack Plummer, who has yet to appear in a game.