Tigers update starting quarterback’s injury status as attention turns to USF
Memphis Tigers quarterback Brendon Lewis (2) was injured in Saturday’s loss to UAB. (Wes Hale/The Daily Memphian file)
The Memphis Tigers are listing starting quarterback Brendon Lewis’s injury status as “day-to-day,” coach Ryan Silverfield said Monday.
Lewis suffered an apparent lower-body injury after being sacked during the Tigers’ first second-half drive in a 31-24 loss to UAB last Saturday in Birmingham.
The Nevada transfer helped Memphis win its first six games and climb as high as No. 22 in the Associated Press Top 25, but as No. 18 South Florida (6-1, 3-0 American Conference) comes to town this Saturday (11 a.m., ESPN2) the Tigers (6-1, 2-1) are no longer ranked.
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Frank Bonner II
Frank Bonner is the Memphis Tigers football beat writer. He is originally from Indiana but arrived in Memphis after spending two years in Tulsa, covering Oklahoma State football and basketball. He covered high school sports in Columbus, Indiana for two years before getting his Master’s degree in Sports Journalism at IUPUI. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.
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