Sources: Oregon WR Stewart suffers knee injury

Oregon wide receiver Evan Stewart has suffered a genu wounded that's expected to interaction his availability successful the 2025 season, sources confirmed to ESPN's Pete Thamel connected Friday.

The injury, which occurred earlier this week, is perchance season-ending, and Stewart is acceptable to acquisition further evaluations, according to sources.

Stewart, who began his vocation astatine Texas A&M earlier transferring to Eugene up of the 2024 season, caught 48 passes for 613 yards and 5 touchdowns past year. He did not play successful Oregon's 41-21 nonaccomplishment to Ohio State successful the Rose Bowl owed to a little backmost injury.

The erstwhile five-star enlistee was projected arsenic a apical wide receiver successful the Big Ten this play and the Ducks' starring returning receiver aft apical targets Tez Johnson and Traeshon Holden near the program. With sophomore backmost Dante Moore apt taking implicit the reins nether halfway aft Dillon Gabriel departed for the NFL, Stewart was apt to beryllium Moore's No. 1 people successful his debut season.

The remainder of the Ducks' receiving radical is present headlined by returning wideouts Justius Lowe and Gary Bryant Jr. arsenic good arsenic Malik Benson, who transferred from Florida State successful the offseason. Benson had 25 catches for 311 yards and 1 touchdown astatine FSU past year.

At Texas A&M, Stewart had 53 catches for 649 yards and 2 touchdowns successful 10 games during his freshman season. He had 38 catches for 514 yards and 4 scores successful 8 games during 2023, his last play with the Aggies.

ESPN's Chris Low contributed to this report.