Syracuse H-back Ashton Broyld will miss “a couple weeks” with a lower-body injury,  head coach Scott Shafer said in a Cuse.com video interview published on Monday.

“It’s going to be a couple weeks,” Shafer said. “Luckily, they don’t think they’re going to have to do surgery on it. But really disappointing for Ashton, he’s a great kid. He’s really done a nice job growing as a young man this past year and a half.”

Broyld sustained the injury near the end of the first quarter of the Orange’s loss to Maryland in the Carrier Dome on Saturday. After pulling up limping at the start of a route, he limped downfield and fell at the UMD 5-yard line. He pounded his left fist on the turf as he lay on his back before the medical staff worked on his right leg, which was heavily wrapped already. He  had two catches for 26 yards before heading to the locker room and not returning to the field.

Broyld is listed as the first H-back on SU’s most recent depth chart. Brisly Estime, another one of Terrel Hunt’s favorite targets, is the No. 2 H-back. Broyld t0ps Syracuse with 11 receptions on the year and is 8 yards behind senior Jarrod West for the team lead in receiving yards.

“Disappointing, but it’ll be a great challenge for him to learn from,” Shafer said, “and I know we’ll get him back as soon as they give him the green light. I know he’ll be working hard on the rehab.”