Mississippi State Bulldogs guard Xavian Stapleton tore his ACL earlier this week and will be out for six months. CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein reported Stapleton’s injury on Twitter.
Mississippi State's Xavian Stapleton suffered a torn ACL earlier this week, source told @CBSSports. Out next six months. La Tech transfer.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) August 20, 2015
A transfer from Louisiana Tech, Stapleton’s injury is not an absolutely devastating loss for the Bulldogs since he was set to sit out the 2015-16 season to begin with, per NCAA transfer rules.
But Stapleton is an explosive wing at 6-foot-6, 190 pounds and averaged 6.