Athan Kaliakmanis helped off field at Pinstripe Bowl with injury

Athan Kaliakmanis, Minnesota’s high potential freshman quarterback, was helped off the field following an injury in the 2nd quarter of the Pinstripe Bowl against Syracuse Thursday.

Kaliakmanis went down after a late hit, what appeared to be a lower body injury. Veteran backup Tanner Morgan, Minnesota’s longtime starter, is in the game for the Gophers in the interim.

There has been no immediate update on Kaliakmanis’ status.

INJURY. #Gophers

Athan Kaliakmanis went down after getting hit on throw to Le’Meke Brockington. Athan needed help getting off the field, and it appears to be a lower body injury.

Tanner Morgan coming into the game in his final game in maroon

— Andy Greder (@andygreder) December 29, 2022

He was off to a good start, too. Kaliakmanis was 7-9 with 80 passing yards and a touchdown drive early in Minnesota’s game against the Orange.

Minnesota looks to still be humming without their signal caller in the game, though. Tanner Morgan confidently led the Gophers to a touchdown a few player later, hitting Daniel Jackson in the back corner of the end zone for 6. And what a throw it was, too.

WELCOME BACK TANNER MORGAN!!!
Hollywood couldn’t have wrote a better script. #Gophers 14-0 pic.twitter.com/UaqRMd8FnQ

— Ron Johnson (@3RonJohnson) December 29, 2022

 Minnesota leads, 14-0 with just over 6 minutes remaining in the game.

Ethan Stone

Ethan Stone was an editor for his student newspaper at the University of Tennessee and is now a News Manager for Saturday Tradition.