Sources: TCU's Johnston a game-time decision

AUSTIN -- Star TCU wide receiver Quentin Johnston looms arsenic a game-time determination for the No. 4 Horned Frogs astatine No. 18 Texas connected Saturday night, sources told ESPN.

Johnston injured his ankle connected TCU's archetypal possession of its crippled astatine Texas Tech past week. He was constricted successful signifier this week, according to sources, arsenic helium didn't instrumentality portion successful immoderate of TCU's practices until Thursday.

The anticipation astir the programme remains that Johnston volition lukewarm up and play, but his presumption appears to beryllium based connected however helium feels connected Saturday night. TCU (9-0) is simply a seven-point underdog against the Longhorns (6-3).

Johnston has emerged arsenic 1 of the astir explosive and dynamic wide receivers successful the state this season, arsenic he'd caught touchdown passes successful 4 consecutive games anterior to his aboriginal exit against Texas Tech. He's changeable up to No. 20 connected ESPN NFL draught expert Mel Kiper's Big Board, and helium could extremity up rising arsenic he's Kiper's fourth-ranked wide receiver.

Johnston has risen up draught boards successful portion due to the fact that helium fits the archetype of an NFL receiver astatine 6-foot-4, 215 pounds and inactive possesses top-end velocity astatine that size. On the season, Johnston has 42 catches for 650 yards.

Johnston enactment distant 1 of the astir awesome back-to-back performances of the play successful October erstwhile helium torched Kansas for 206 yards connected 14 catches and grabbed 8 balls for 180 yards against Oklahoma State the pursuing week.

He earned first-team All-Big 12 honors successful 2021 aft compiling 634 receiving yards arsenic a sophomore. Johnston is simply a erstwhile verbal perpetrate to the Texas, but helium ended up flipping precocious to TCU successful December of 2019 aft a flurry of changes connected the Texas coaching staff.