College football: Oregon State is short on quarterbacks

Oregon State’s Nick Mitchell was listed as probable this weekend. That’s good news for the Beavers, who were short on quarterbacks heading into Saturday’s game at home against Washington.

The Beavers (2-8, 0-7 Pac-12) remain without freshman Seth Collins, who showed promise earlier this season but tweaked his knee in practice last month. This week, Coach Gary Andersen said the Beavers had shut Collins down for the season.

“It has to do with an injury, period. I’ve had some people that have had a question out there. That is it. End of story, exclamation point,” Andersen said. “So he’ll be back ready to go in January.”

There were concerns about Mitchell after he was knocked out of last weekend’s 54-24 loss at California by a late hit. His possible absence left the Beavers with just one healthy option at quarterback, Marcus McMaryion, who was Collins’ backup earlier in the season until Mitchell leapfrogged him on the depth chart.

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Missouri freshman defensive tackle Terry Beckner Jr. will miss the rest of the season with torn ACL and MCL ligaments in his right knee. Beckner, one of the top recruits in the nation last year, was carted off the field after being injured on Missouri’s first defensive snap of last week’s victory over Brigham Young.