Written by Mark Snyder at Detroit Free Press.com
Michigan quarterback Wilton Speight has a broken collarbone and will miss Saturday’s home finale against Indiana (3:30 p.m., ESPN), according to a person with knowledge of the injury.
The redshirt sophomore was hurt in the 14-13 loss at Iowa on Saturday. At today’s news conference, U-M coach Jim Harbaugh declined to cite the severity of the injury.
But the Free Press has learned that it was more severe than Speight knew after the game. A broken collarbone would knock him out for the foreseeable future.
In terms of a timetable, former U-M tailback Derrick Green suffered a broken collarbone Oct. 4, 2014 and was just returning to practice for the season finale in late November.
“It’s going to depend on how he feels,” Harbaugh said Monday. “Could be a (game-time decision). We will know based on what the doctors say and how Wilton’s feeling.”
The Michigan sports-based website, mgoblog.com, was first to report the news.
Speight was injured with 4:25 to play in the fourth quarter Saturday when he scrambled on second-and-12 and was tackled by two Iowa players, one who laid on top of him.
He got up and began twisting his left arm as if it was uncomfortable. On third down, he threw a pass that was taken away from receiver Jehu Chesson and intercepted.
Speight spent the U-M defensive series on the sideline, getting examined by doctors putting their hands under his shoulder pads. He returned for U-M’s final series but couldn’t move the team to run out the clock.
When asked specifically Monday about Speight having a shoulder injury, Harbaugh declined to answer.
“As always, per our principle, we don’t go into the specifics,” Harbaugh said.
Starting duties likely will fall to junior backup quarterback John O’Korn, who has relieved Speight in blowout wins all season, or junior Shane Morris.
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