Star Oregon CB Thurmond out for season
September 29, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)—Oregon cornerback Walter Thurmond will have surgery on hisright knee and miss the rest of his senior season.
Thurmond hurt the knee on the opening kickoff of Saturday’s 42-3 victoryover California.
The school said Tuesday that an MRI revealed season-ending surgery wasneeded.
Thurmond had been included on the preseason watch list for the Jim ThorpeAward as the nation’s top defensive back.
Thurmond had two touchdowns in Oregon’s first three games, returning a puntfor a touchdown against Utah and interception for a score against Purdue. Hisfive career touchdowns are more than any other non-offensive player in schoolhistory.