Notre Dame quarterback Tyler Buchner likely out for season with shoulder injury

Notre Dame loses Tyler Buchner for the rest of the football season

Notre Dame is 0-2 and looking at starting a new quarterback three weeks into the college football season.

Tyler Buchner will likely miss the rest of the year after sustaining an injury to his shoulder in the Irish's loss to Marshall on Saturday.

"He ended up getting I think a Grade 5 out of 6 AC sprain in his non-throwing shoulder," head coach Marcus Freeman said Monday.

Freeman will have surgery on the shoulder and will require at least 4 months to recover from the procedure, the coach said.

Drew Pyne will assume the starting quarterback role for the Fighting Irish the rest of the season.

Tyler Buchner injury update

Buchner left the game after taking a hard hit and wasn't able to return, allowing Pyne to take his place for the rest of the game.

It should go without saying, but typically when an arm goes limp like Tyler Buchner’s did after this weight-bearing hit the recovery timeline is substantial.

No official diagnosis on the Notre Dame starting quarterback yet, but that looks like a severe shoulder injury. pic.twitter.com/2vhg7uBdKc

— Tyler Horka (@tbhorka) September 11, 2022

Most players are able to play though the injury if it's a low-grade sprain, but quarterbacks are the exception to that rule because of the importance of the shoulder muscles and bones in throwing the football.

Depending on how severe the injury is, most players can recover in 1 to 6 weeks provided there is no fracture or severe sprain.

A fracture or severe sprain requires an average of 6 to 8 weeks recovery time, which appears to be the future for Tyler Buchner.

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