Wake Forest coach on Jared Crump injury: 'We're not optimistic'

Wake Forest's leading wide receiver could be out of the lineup indefinitely.

Jared Crump, the only Demon Deacons player to catch more than eight passes last year, has been sidelined with a knee injury after being hit during a team practice Tuesday.

The initial prognosis for the redshirt junior is troubling, said head coach Dave Clawson.

"We’ll get an MRI later in the week, and we’ll get the final diagnosis then," Clawson said, according to Dan Collins of the Winston-Salem Journal. "We’re not optimistic. We’re concerned about it."

Expected to be one of Wake Forest's main targets, Crump required assistance to get off the field after sustaining the hit. He caught 32 passes for 339 yards and a touchdown in 2014.

The team, Clawson said, is hoping for the best, but bracing for the worst.

"The MRI will confirm. You hope for the best but we’re not overly optimistic about what it’s going to show."