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Kingsbury: Mahomes being handled as 'day-to-day'

Kliff Kingsbury didn’t provide an update on the status of Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes II at Monday’s press conference.

“I do not (know if he will play on Saturday),” he said. “We’re handling it day-to-day. Every day he shows up and we do rehab and we’ll see if he can get there.”

Two sources told A-J Media on Friday that the junior has an AC joint sprain in the shoulder of his throwing arm. Kingsbury, though, wouldn’t confirm those reports stating, “It was a shoulder-area injury. I’ll leave it at that.”

Nor would the Tech head coach elaborate if he thought Mahomes would be available against Kansas State in Manhattan on Saturday (6 p.