MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota running back Mo Ibrahim will miss the rest of the season because of a lower left leg injury, coach P.J. Fleck announced Monday.
Ibrahim will have surgery Tuesday and need four to six months to recover, Fleck said. The fifth-year player was a second-team preseason Associated Press All-America selection.
Fleck declined to specify the injury, but he said Ibrahim sustained a tear. The severity suggested an Achilles tendon. Ibrahim was hurt on the second-to-last play of the third quarter Thursday against Ohio State, when he ran to the right side for 1 yard and tried to escape a tackle by safety Ronnie Hickman.