Wide receiver could be out until Big 12 play

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri wide receiver Danario Alexander will be sidelined at least until the start of the Big 12 season after reinjuring his left knee.

Alexander, a junior who had 37 receptions for 417 yards and two touchdowns last season, was scheduled for surgery Monday to repair a retorn ligament. It's the same knee he hurt in the Big 12 championship game in December, with resulting rehab sidelining him most of spring practice, and he was held out of the annual Black and Gold game.

An MRI showed that a graft taken from a human cadaver had retorn.

"We're really not sure how or when it happened, and Danario can't pinpoint one precise moment when he felt something was wrong," trainer Rex Sharp said. "We know that he was doing great with his rehab work during the spring and was ready to have a great summer in preparation for the season, and this is a really unfortunate situation."

-- The Associated Press