BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- LaBrandon Toefield, Louisiana State's leading rusher, will miss the Sugar Bowl Jan.1
due to a torn left anterior cruciate ligament, the school announced on Monday.
Toefield suffered the injury late in the second quarter of LSU's 31-20 upset of Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference championship game Saturday night in Atlanta.
The 12th-ranked Tigers (9-3) will play Big Ten Conference champion Illinois in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day.
Toefield, a sophomore, will undergo reconstructive surgery sometime in the next few weeks when the swelling in the knee subsides.
In 12 games this year, Toefield rushed for 992 yards and tied an SEC single-season record with 19 rushing touchdowns.
Junior Domanick Davis will likely start in Toefield's absence for the Sugar Bowl. He had 78 yards on 16 carries, including a one-yard touchdown, in the win over Tennessee.
