PROVO — After missing the 2017 season, BYU tight end Moroni Laulu-Pututau's 2018 season is apparently over early as well.
The junior announced via Twitter on Sunday that he has a torn ACL. He went down with an injury during BYU's first drive in the Cougars' 35-7 loss to Washington on Saturday at Husky Stadium.
God is good ud83dude4f Humble and Hungry always @BYUfootball pic.twitter.com/ycmhWqRl8t
— Moroni Laulu-Pututau (@laulu_1) October 1, 2018
"I have torn my ACL and will be needing surgery," the 6-foot-5, 245-pounder said on Twitter. "It hurst so much more emotionally and mentally than it does physically but I won't be returning till the 2019 season.