Purdue QB Hudson Card to miss Illinois game
GoldandBlack.com has learned that Purdue QB Hudson Card will miss Saturdays’s game at Illinois. Card is in concussion protocol.
Purdue (1-4 overall; 0-2 Big Ten) is seeking to end a four-game losing streak when it takes on No. 23 Illinois (4-1; 1-1) at 3:30 p.m. ET on FS1.
With Card out, redshirt freshman Ryan Browne will make his first career start. The 6-4, 210-pound Browne has played in two games in 2024, hitting 7-of-11 passes (64 percent) for 68 yards.
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He appeared in one game last year, at Northwestern, when Card was out with injury. In that game, Browne rotated with starter Bennett Meredith in a 23-15 loss. Browne hit 12-of-16 passes for 104 yards and ran 21 times for 85 yards.
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