Quarterback Colin Hurley is away from the LSU football team for personal reasons, an LSU spokesperson said on Saturday.

Hurley, a redshirt freshman, did not travel to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in Week 11, and on Saturday, he was not spotted on the field with the rest of the Tigers for pregame warm-ups ahead of their matchup with Arkansas (11:45 a.m., SEC Network).

Hurley’s absence meant that the Tigers faced the Razorbacks with only one active scholarship quarterback: sophomore Mississippi State transfer Michael Van Buren.

Starter Garrett Nussmeier was ruled out shortly before kickoff. Interim coach Frank Wilson said on Thursday that he had aggravated his lingering abdominal strain in practice. LSU listed him as probable on Thursday, then downgraded him to questionable on

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