Iowa WR, Paul Chaney Jr. has been sidelined for the remainder of the season, thanks to the body part with the most infamous acronym in all of sports: ACL.

Iowa wide receiver/kick returner Paul Chaney Jr. will miss the rest of the season after injuring an anterior cruciate ligament in his knee.

In English that means he injured his ACL.

The injury came during Iowa’s nail bitter win over Michigan. Now the guy who helped get the Hawkeyes to where they are (ranked 11th and surprisingly good) will be restricted to sideline cheer leading.

You really have to feel for a kid like this. For the past few days I’ve been writing about idiot college kids that seem to try to find a way to blow their rare opportunity to play D-1 athletics, and then comes along a kid who’s helping a typically sub-par program, only to be diagnosed with the dreaded ACL injury.

As for the football team… who knows? Maybe they’ve got another guy who’ll be able to rake in 20.1 yards per kick return, because those are just oh-so easy to find.

[via ESPN]