NCAA News: Houston Cougars QB Case Keenum Out For Season

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The Cougars also lost their backup QB for the season in the game.

Case Keenum was injured in the second quarter of Houston’s game on saturday while attempting to make a tackle after throwing an interception.

Keenum is fifth in career passing in NCAA history and could have broken both the yards record and TD records if he could have come close to repeating 5671 yards and 44 TDs. He was 3486 yards behind Jimmy Chang’s yards record and 28 TDs behind Graham Harrell’s record.

Keenum had thrown for 636 yards and 5 TDs in the first two and half games so far this season.

Houston Cougars also lost backup QB Cotton Turner to a broken collarbone in the same game.