Reports: Malik Cunningham ruled out vs NC State with shoulder injury

Last week, Louisville quarterback Malik Cunningham left the Cardinals’ game against Clemson with a shoulder injury. He’ll also reportedly miss this week’s game against NC State.

Cunningham has been ruled out for Saturday’s matchup with the Wolfpack, The Action Network’s Brett McMurphy and ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported. That means Brock Domann will be start under center after taking over last week against Clemson.

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Cunningham suffered the injury in the first half of the game vs. the Tigers after completing 10 of his first 13 passes for 75 yards while also rushing for 20 yards on the ground. Domann came in to replace him at quarterback, and he’ll be in line to get the start against NC State.

After taking over for Cunningham last week, Domann went 13-for-23 passing for 175 yards and a touchdown as Louisville fell to Clemson 31-16.

Scott Satterfield reveals how Louisville prepared for Clemson road test

Louisville took care of business during their three-game home stand going undefeated, but now face a trio of opponents that are currently ranked, two of which are on the road, to close out the season. The Cardinal’s final stretch of games started with a visit to Clemson, and head coach Scott Satterfield spoke about how he prepared his team for one of the most hostile environments in the country.

“Yeah we’ll certainly turn our music up, turn our noise up when we’re working throughout practice,” Satterfield said. “And really it’s just the offense, the defense it’s normally quiet when they’re out there on the field.”

Aside from cranking up the music and blaring simulated crowd noise through the speakers at practice, the Cardinals offense also prepared for the worst-case scenario in Death Valley this Saturday, if they could not hear the quarterback.