Oregon tight end Cam McCormick will miss the rest of the 2018 season after breaking a bone in his left leg against Bowling Green, Ducks coach Mario Cristobal said Monday.

McCormick, a sophomore, left preseason camp as the starter but spent the majority of Oregon's 58-24 season-opening victory on the sideline with a boot on his left leg.

"He will be sorely missed not only as a player but a teammate," Cristobal said. "Guys certainly love him. The hospital was a packed place for him in support of him."

The injury is a blow to Oregon not only because of McCormick's talent -- the graduate of Bend's Summit High School was praised for his pass-catching and improvement in blocking, in particular, in August -- but because UO has designed its offense to use multiple tight ends in several formations.

In his absence, Jacob Breeland was listed as the starter on UO's latest depth chart entering Saturday's 11 a.m. kickoff against Portland State. Breeland was UO's starting tight end in 2017 but suffered a back injury in the offseason, which slowed him. Kano Dillon, a South Florida graduate transfer, and Ryan Bay are listed as his co-backups.

"We plan on playing them all," Cristobal said. "Jake has always been a really good player for us. Kano got in there and made a nice play on the third-down conversion and Ryan Bay is a guy that cannot be overlooked. He had a tremendous camp, maybe one of our best blockers. Strong, physical, does a great job catching the football, understands all of the formations out of any personnel grouping. Ryan Bay is going to play. Ryan Bay is going to be a factor for us."

True freshman Spencer Webb is another "potential factor" in the offense moving forward.

"He's still developing as a blocker but we feel he could really help us out in the passing game," Cristobal said.

Starters La'Mar Winston, at linebacker, and Deommodore Lenoir, at cornerback, also are being checked after leaving the game with injuries, Cristobal said.

-- Andrew Greif