Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol Saturday and will travel with the team to Tampa Bay.

Lawrence is expected to start against the Buccaneers (7-7) on Sunday, a huge boost for the Jaguars (8-6) as they try to end a three-game losing streak and stay atop the AFC South.

Lawrence practiced Friday for the first time all week and was later cleared by team doctors and the league’s independent neurological consultant.

The Jaguars believe Lawrence sustained a head injury while scrambling up the middle on the team’s final drive in a 23-7 loss to the Ravens last weekend. He misfired on seven of his final eight passes after the hit, a stretch that raised concerns on the sideline about his health.Lawrence reported symptoms after the game.

College basketball: A freshman point guard from Michigan State is recovering after he was shot while on holiday break in his hometown. The university says Jeremy Fears was shot in the leg sometime late Friday or early Saturday morning in the Joilet, Illinois, area. ... No 5. UConn will be without star center Donovan Clingan for about a month because of a right foot injury, the school said Saturday. The 7-foot-2 sophomore was hurt coming down under the basket during the second half of the Huskies’ 15-point loss at Seton Hall on Wednesday.

MLB: Ryan Minor, the Orioles infielder who became part of baseball history when he replaced Cal Ripken at the end of his record-setting consecutive games streak in 1998, has died. He was 49. The University of Oklahoma — where Minor starred in baseball and basketball — said he died of cancer Friday.

NHL: Craig Smith and Jani Hakanpaa scored in the final 13 seconds, rallying the Stars to a 3-2 victory over the Predators on Saturday.