Alouettes’ head coach Jacques Chapdelaine ‘cautiously optimistic’ after Darian Durant injury

Montreal Alouettes quarterback Darian Durant suffered what appeared to be an injury to his knee at practice on Tuesday.

Darian Durant (jambe gauche) quitte le terrain. / Darian Durant (left leg) limps off the field. #AlsMTL @LCFca @CFL pic.twitter.com/VeugukeZzF

— Didier Orméjuste (@DidierRDS) May 30, 2017

Darian Durant (jambe gauche) retraite au vestiaire. / Darian Durant (left leg) goes to the locker room. #AlsMTL @LCFca @CFL pic.twitter.com/3J6fL5dBsd

— Didier Orméjuste (@DidierRDS) May 30, 2017

Head coach Jacques Chapdelaine offered an update after the session was over.

#AlsMTL head coach Jacques Chapdelaine is “cautiously optimistic” QB Darian Durant was not seriously injured today in practice.

— Herb Zurkowsky (@HerbZurkowsky1) May 30, 2017

Durant signed a three-year deal with Alouettes shortly after his rights were traded to Montreal by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in January.

Terms of Durant’s deal w/ Als, per #CFL sources: 3-year deal worth $1.25 million. Year 1 $400,000 guaranteed, 225k of it in a signing bonus.

— Arash Madani (@ArashMadani) January 19, 2017

Durant appeared in 157 career regular-season games with the Riders, earning Grey Cup rings in 2007 and 2013. The first came as a backup but Durant was a key figure in leading Saskatchewan to its convincing 45-23 win over Hamilton at Mosaic Stadium for his second.

Durant amassed a 58-54-1 record in 113 career regular-season starts and stands second in club history in pass attempts (3,519), completions (2,186) and yards (28,136) and third in TD strikes (149).