Tulane offered no official prognosis for injured linebacker Dickson Agu after Wednesday morning’s open-week practice, but coach Jon Sumrall confirmed he was in for a lengthy recovery after being carted off the field at Tulsa on Saturday with a non-contact leg injury.

Agu, the Green Wave’s leading tackler with 36 through five games, fell to the turf while chasing quarterback Baylor Hayes in the second quarter of a 31-14 victory to open American Conference play. His absence will reduce what was a four-player rotation for two spots to three, with Sam Howard and Chris Rodgers starting and Makai Williams spelling them.

Howard, a senior co-captain who was second on the team in tackles a year ago, made a season-high seven stops against Tulsa to raise his total to 25.

Rodgers and Williams, a

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