Dan Lanning provides injury update on Oregon Ducks QB Austin Novosad

One of the most significant benefits of playing a relatively light nonconference slate of games is the ability to get a multitude of players into the game and watch them work. For the Oregon Ducks, that has been the case so far this year, with more than 70 players seeing the field in both the Week 1 and Week 2 victories over Montana State and Oklahoma State .

In Saturday's 69-3 win over the Cowboys, though, backup quarterback Austin Novosad was not able to see the field in the second half due to an undisclosed injury. Luke Moga instead took the QB2 reps in the blowout. Novodsad was listed as questionable on the pregame availability report and was held out of the contest.

On Monday night in his weekly press conference, Dan Lanning provided a positive update on Novosad and his outlook.

"Yeah, more precautionary, probably than anything," Lanning said of holding Novosad out on Saturday. "I think Austin can go, but his lat (latissimus dorsi) has been bothering him a little bit. He's been able to practice, but we're just trying to limit it, limit him, and get him in a position where he'd be able to go again."

So far this season, Dante Moore has done a phenomenal job in the QB1 spot, throwing for more than 400 yards and five touchdowns with zero turnovers. Still, in projected blowout games, it is always nice to have a backup QB like Novosad, who is among the most talented QB2s in the nation.

From the sounds of it, Novosad should be in a position where he can contribute in the coming weeks, assuming he continues to progress in the right direction.

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