Dan Lanning updates Byron Cardwell, Justin Flowe's status vs Washington State

Although they participated in warmups last week, Oregon was without running back Byron Cardwell and linebacker Justin Flowe against BYU. With a Pac-12 matchup looming against Washington State coming up, Dan Lanning provided an update on their statuses.

Cardwell and Flowe missed the BYU game with unspecified injuries despite warming up ahead of Oregon’s resounding 41-20 victory in Week 3. Losing Cardwell was a hit to the depth in the backfield since he has 76 rushing yards through two games while Flowe ranks second on the Ducks with 12 total tackles.

As for whether or not they’ll play against Washington State, Lanning said he’s not sure. However, he’s remaining hopeful.

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“They were both able to practice today,” Lanning said during his weekly press conference. “I wouldn’t sit here and say they’re both 100% yet, but I’m hopeful that both of them can … help us this next weekend.”

Dan Lanning: Byron Caldwell was ‘day-to-day’ before BYU game

Following the victory over BYU, Lanning said Caldwell was dealing with an injury leading up to the big victory. After testing it in warmups, the team opted to keep him on the sidelines.

“Byron was day-to-day throughout practice this past week. And he tested himself, wanting to be able to push on Thursday … kind of went through warmups, and I think it was still lingering. You could see he wasn’t quite 100 percent. Didn’t want to jeopardize his health in that situation,” Lanning told reporters. “If we asked Byron to, I promise you he would have. And that’s a great example of his character and what he’s willing to do for this team. That being said, we don’t wanna put our guys in a position where they’re not gonna be healthy.

“The next guy up, those guys prepare really hard. They earn their moments in practice. You earn the right to go play football with the way you practice. And the next guy up did a really good job.”