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The University of Wisconsin will be without its top wide receiver for the rest of the season.

Sophomore Quintez Cephus had surgery on his right leg Tuesday, per UW coach Paul Chryst, ending what had become a stellar year for the Badgers.

"For every player that misses (time), you feel bad for them," Chryst said. "And yet, (Cephus) will bounce back. One of the fun things about coaching is seeing these guys play and grow and develop, and football's a vehicle we get to use. He'll bounce back from it."

Cephus suffered the injury with 11 minutes, 1 second left in the third quarter of last week's game at Indiana, when his leg got caught under right guard Beau Benzschawel. He appeared to be in excruciating pain and could not put any weight on his right leg.

Cephus leads UW with 30 catches for 501 yards and six touchdowns. He was dedicating this season to his late father, Andre Taylor, after he was murdered in April.

"He's been an X-factor spreading the field for us this year," UW tight end Troy Fumagalli said Monday. "You'd like to step up in his honor, but prayers up to him. He's done a great job not only making plays but being a positive energy guy, things like that. We'll definitely miss him."