Stanford has been fortunate to escape serious injuries this year, but that changed this week.

In an area where the Cardinal lack depth, junior defensive end Aziz Shittu was injured in practice Thursday on a non-contact play. Head coach David Shaw said there is a good chance he will miss the rest of the season.

In his absence, fifth-year senior Blake Lueders will play more. Junior reserves Nate Lohn and Jordan Watkins are also candidates to play more, and freshman Harrison Phillips might play for the first time this season, which would eliminate his redshirt season.

Starting wide receiver Devon Cajuste, the team’s second leading receiver, was already out of Saturday night’s game at Arizona State because he sustained an apparent concussion against Washington State last weekend.