Arik Armstead Injury: Updates on Oregon Star's Ankle and Return

Updates from Saturday, Nov. 1 

Aaron J. Fentress of CSN Northwest provides an update on Arik Armstead's status:

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Thomas Tyner and Arik Armstead to return today against Stanford #goducks http://t.co/8MwD7NgTbt

— Aaron J. Fentress (@AaronJFentress) November 1, 2014"

Updates from Saturday, Oct. 18 

Chantel Jennings of ESPN reveals Arik Armstead's Week 9 status:

Andrew Greif of The Oregonian and Steve Mimms of The Register-Guard provide an update on Armstead prior to the game:

Updates from Saturday, Oct. 11

Rob Moseley of GoDucks.com provides an update on Arik Armstead's status:

Original Text:

The Oregon defense lost a major piece of its front seven on Thursday with defensive lineman Arik Armstead going down with an ankle injury against Arizona, per GoDucks.com's Rob Moseley:

ESPN's Chantel Jennings had more details:

Armstead started a few games last year before being supplanted by DeForest Buckner. The then-sophomore finished 2013 with 15 total tackles, three tackles for loss and one sack, according to Sports-Reference.com.

With a couple of key losses on the Ducks' defensive line, the opportunity was there for Armstead to break out.

In August, Gary Horowitz of the Statesman Journal wrote that dropping basketball in favor of focusing on football was paying big dividends for Armstead:

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Last winter Armstead opted to end his pursuit of playing two sports – he redshirted on the basketball team as a freshman – and that decision has helped him on the football field. ...

"Since he returned in the winter, he's been a different guy," defensive coordinator Don Pellum said. "He's been very consistent since then and throughout (fall) camp, and it's not only leading vocally, but it's playing really good. So now you've got a guy who's emerged vocally as a leader, and also is playing at a very high level."

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Armstead entered Eugene with major expectations. Because of his versatility, he was listed on 247Sports as an offensive tackle, strong-side defensive end and defensive tackle. The site's composite rankings had him pegged as the No. 1 athlete and No. 14 overall player in the 2012 recruiting class.

This looked to be the year when Armstead would put it all together and follow through on the potential he showed coming out of high school and in his first two years on the field at Oregon.

Getting hurt will obviously impede the progress he's made in 2014.

Losing Armstead won't make Oregon much worse, but the Ducks do lose some depth on their defensive line.