(STATS) – Indiana State senior running back Ja’Quan Keys, the leading rusher in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, has suffered a career-ending hip injury, coach Curt Mallory announced Tuesday.
Keys was injured during the Sycamores’ 24-21 victory at Southern Illinois last Saturday.
He ranks third in the FCS in rushing yards per game (135.4) and points per game (11.1 on 13 touchdowns). Highlighting the season was a 232-yard, four-touchdown performance against Eastern Illinois
“What he has meant to our program this season, with the numbers he has put up, there is not a running back in the country I would trade for Ja’Quan Keys,” Mallory said.
Keys ends his Sycamores career with 1,465 yards and 16 touchdowns on the ground. The Louisiana native, whose family relocated to Indianapolis following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, is working on a graduate degree.
Indiana State has a 3-4 record.