University of Georgia (UGA) wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell will miss the rest of the season for an injury sustained celebrating a touchdown scored by his teammate.

According to ESPN, UGA head football coach Mark Richt confirmed Mitchell hurt his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) while celebrating Todd Gurley's 75-yard touchdown run.

"Malcolm unfortunately has an ACL injury that needs to be repaired here," Richt said. "I'm not sure when we'll do the surgery, but sometime in the near future. So what we thought happened did happen. It was confirmed by the MRI today."

Richt also said because the injury was so early in the season, Mitchell will likely be eligible for medical redshirt. If that move goes through, the wide receiver will have his playing eligibility delayed by a year.

With nine-and-a-half minutes left to play in the first quarter, Gurley took a hand-off and ran 75 yards for a touchdown. Mitchell met Gurley in the endzone and the two leaped toward each other in celebration but when he landed, he looked hurt. Richt said team doctors confirmed the team's fears Sunday.

Gurley, a running back on the Heisman Trophy watch, also appeared to come up lame after the play. He strained his quad muscle and missed the next 11 minutes of game time, but returned and finished with 154 rushing yards.

"[Mitchell] actually hurt it in the exuberance of the first touchdown of the game for us when he went to congratulate his teammate," Richt said. "I think he jumped up and chest bumped or whatever, and he landed in a bad way and that's when he knew something had happened."

UGA has good depth at wide receiver, but Mitchell was the team's top target for quarterback Aaron Murray. Richt said the team will miss his production this year.

"We've got other guys that have gone deep that can make plays for us, but Malcolm was certainly one guy that can do that," Richt said. "He had great speed, quickness, he would snatch the ball in traffic. He was a great competitor."