Purdue RB Devin Mockobee will miss the rest of this season after season-ending ankle surgery

WEST LAFAYETTE Ind AP Purdue running back Devin Mockobee will miss the rest of his final college season after undergoing ankle surgery late last week coach Barry Odom revealed Monday Mockobee finishes his career as the fourth-leading rusher in Boilermakers history with yards trailing Mike Alstott Kory Sheets and Otis Armstrong a College Football Hall of Famer Mockobee also ranks in the school s top in carries with and career -yard games with nine Odom reported Mockobee injured his ankle late in an Oct loss to Rutgers He was ruled out of last weekend s - loss at No Michigan following Friday s surgery We were hoping we would get a little bit better news after they did that procedure on his ankle but unfortunately the injury he sustained he s played his last meeting here Odom explained I sure hate that because he is such a wonderful young man a great leader of this undertaking and a great representative of Purdue University The things he poured into this operation and university since I ve been here he will go down as one of the really enjoyable great guys I ve had a chance to coach We ll be connected forever and I know this place means a lot to him Losing this season s leading rusher couldn t come at a worse time for the Boilermakers - - Big Ten They are mired in a six-game losing streak and remain one of four winless teams in league play Purdue s next chance to snap a school-record -game losing streak in conference games comes Saturday when it hosts No Ohio State - - Antonio Harris started against Michigan then rotated with Malachi Thomas Harris finished with carries for yards and one touchdown while Thomas had carries for yards Malachi Singleton a quarterback also finished with six carries for yards Odom did not say whether he would follow a similar contest plan against the Buckeyes Mockobee joined the Boilermakers as a walk-on from Boonville Indiana but expeditiously emerged as their top rusher in He set school freshman records by rushing for yards and posting four -yard games while scoring nine times for the Big Ten West Division champions After losing the Big Ten championship competition to the Wolverines first-time head coach Ryan Walters gave the -foot -pound rusher a scholarship But Mockobee struggled with fumbles in starting just four games and finishing with yards and six TD runs He rebounded by starting all games in and producing yards rushing and four scores He had a team-high yards rushing and four TD runs in eight games this season before getting injured Mockobee finished his career with receptions for yards and three touchdowns and the only completed pass of his career was a TD pass earlier this season Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top throughout the season Sign up here and here AP News mobile app AP college football https apnews com hub ap-top- -college-football-poll and https apnews com hub college-football Source