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Michigan quarterback Cade McNamara having surgery on leg

Ann Arbor — Michigan quarterback Cade McNamara, who last season helped lead the program to a Big Ten championship, is having surgery on his leg, based on an Instagram post on Wednesday morning.

McNamara, who started the first game of this season but lost the job the following week to sophomore J.J. McCarthy, suffered a right leg injury late in the first half in Michigan’s game against Connecticut, the Wolverines’ third game of the season.

On McNamara’s Instagram story post, he shared a photo of him in a hospital bed with a thumbs-up and the message: “Here we go!