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Tons of injury updates on Monday – in some of the biggest news QB Alan Bowman (Texas Tech) is day to day, QB Skylar Thompson (Kansas State) sounds questionable this week but nothing severe, RB Kylin Hill (Miss State) sounds hopeful to play, while SMU’s RB TJ McDaniel and WR Reggie Roberson didn’t have detailed updates but were said to both potentially be long term injuries.

In coach news Arizona’s Kevin Sumlin has tested positive for coronavirus.

List of Injuries & Updates from October 5:

QBs:

• Josh Adkins, UTSA – confirmed to have a broken collarbone
• James Blackman, Florida State – described as “banged up” on the tv broadcast of the game Saturday (heard on re-watch)
• Alan Bowman, Texas Tech – no broken bones, described as day to day
• Brendon Clark, Notre Dame – on depth chart, expected to be available
• Jack Coan, Wisconsin – foot injury in practice Saturday, reported to need foot surgery and will miss start of season (Sunday)
• Malik Cunningham, Louisville – no limitations going into Friday’s game
• Jalon Daniels, Kansas – left Saturday’s game with an injury, expected to be back Oct 17 (after the bye week)
• Frank Harris, UTSA – says he feels 100%, will be evaluated in practice this week
• Devin Leary, NC State – QB1 on depth chart, no more OR
• Thomas MacVittie, Kansas – expected to be back Oct 17 (after the bye week)
• Graham Mertz, Wisconsin – taking first team snaps after Jack Coan injury
• Dalen Morris, Navy – will start this week, is ready to go
• Will Rogers, Mississippi State – expected to be available this week
• Skylar Thompson, Kansas State – no broken bones was the only , has a chance to play this Saturday
• Jordan Travis, Florida State – will start this week
• Malik Willis, Liberty – ready to play this Saturday, will wear a brace on left arm

RBs:

• Rakeem Boyd, Arkansas – expected to practice Monday after foot injury last weekend
• James Charles, FAU – questionable after injury last weekend
• James Cook, Georgia – day to day after injury last weekend
• Chris Curry, LSU – will be available to play this week, missed last game with an injury (some reports had said illness)
• Emari Demercado, TCU – left game on Saturday with and went to locker room with an illness (saw this re-watching the broadcast)
• BJ Emmons, FAU – questionable after injury last weekend
• Anthony Grant – former Florida State RB transferring to Garden City Community College
• Peter Hayes, Akron – enters transfer portal
• Kylin Hill, Mississippi State – expected to be available this week
• Roschon Johnson, Texas – shoulder, should be available early in the week
• Khalan Laborn – transferring from Florida State to Garden City CC
• TJ McDaniel, SMU – injury details not confirmed, but has the potential to be long term
• Shaun Shivers, Auburn – was ruled out in pregame Saturday, expected to be ready to play by next weekend (Sunday)
• Jahmir Smith, Notre Dame – on depth chart, expected to be available
• Kavosiey Smoke, Kentucky – out a few weeks with a rib injury suffered Saturday
• DJ Williams, Auburn – was limited in practice last week leading to reduced role last weekend (Sunday)

WRs & TEs:

• Rico Arnold, Charlotte – left game Saturday with back injury, will get MRI (Sunday)
• Kevin Austin, Notre Dame – should return for around 15-20 plays this weekend as he works his way back
• Treylon Burks, Arkansas – expected to practice Monday after knee injury last weekend
• Demetrius Douglas, Minnesota – stepping away from program, ending career
• Wykeen Gill, Kansas State – out for the season
• Jace James, Northwestern – medically retires from football
• Lawrence Keys, Notre Dame – on depth chart, expected to be available
• Joshua Moore, Texas – expected to be available (Knee)
• Bryce Oliver, Kentucky – should be able to play this week
• Reggie Roberson, SMU – injury details not confirmed, but has the potential to be long term
• TE Hank Tuipulotu, BYU – will rejoin the team soon after back to back ACL injuries
• RJ Sneed, Baylor – likely won’t practice this week (team is off this weekend)
• Jordan Whittington, Texas – practiced Sunday, expected to be available to play
• Joshua Youngblood, Kansas State – should be back soon after unavailable last weekend

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These updates are a mix of inactives, players who returned to action, QB starters, and some simple injury updates (but not all). Look for a separate post later today (Sunday) with in-depth Saturday injury news.

List of Updates from October 3:

QBs: The most surprising news of the day was likely some of the surprise starters – Tate Rodemaker (FSU), Katravis Marsh (USF), and Tyger Goslin (Navy) for Dalen Morris who was out. Listed below are many of the starters in situations that were uncertain going into Saturday.

• Josh Adkins, UTSA – started with Frank Harris out, injured on first offensive play of game
• Austin Aune, North Texas – gets first start
• Stetson Bennett, Georgia – started and likely won the job going forward
• James Blackman, Florida State – not in early warm ups but came out later
• Ben Bryant, Cinci – not in warmups
• Haaziq Daniels, Air Force – starts the season opener
• Jalon Daniels, Kansas – started
• Max Duggan, TCU – started
• Chris Ferguson, Liberty – started
• Cade Fortin, South Florida – season debut in a rotation
• Tyger Goslin, Navy – started with Dalen Morris out
• Frank Harris, UTSA – was GTD but did not play
• Hendon Hooker, Virginia Tech – was available, did not play
• Shane Illingworth, Oklahoma State – started again
• Emory Jones, Florida – not active in pregame
• Devin Leary, NC State – started over Bailey Hockman
• Thomas MacVittie, Kansas – not active in warmups, still not healthy
• Katravis Marsh, South Florida – surprise starter in a rotation
• Dalen Morris, Navy – didn’t travel due to non-covid medical condition
• Chubba Purdy, Florida State – dressed and warmed up
• Chris Reynolds, Charlotte – returned to action
• Tate Rodemaker, Florida State – started
• Will Rogers, Mississippi State – not dressed
• Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma State – dressed, did not play
• Jordan Travis, Florida State – played after getting banged up last week

RBs: The biggest news of the day here may have been Oscar Adaway (North Texas) not playing for undisclosed reasons.) Chris Curry (LSU) and Shaun Shivers (Auburn) also unexpectedly did not play.

• Oscar Adaway, North Texas – unavailable
• Otis Anderson, UCF – played after injury last week
• Isaiah Azubuike, Arkansas State – played
• Demarckcus Bowman – transferring from Clemson to Florida
• Marcus Crowley, Ohio State – participating in practice
• Chris Curry, LSU – did not play with undisclosed injury
• AJ Davis, Pitt – not dressed
• Zach Evans, TCU – debuted
• Darrian Felix, South Florida – unavailable
• Gerald Green, Georgia Southern – inactive
• Jalen Hampton, Virginia Tech – unavailable
• Evan Johnson, North Texas – unavailable
• Keshawn King, Virginia Tech – available
• Marcel Murray, Arkansas State – season debut
• Bijan Robinson, Texas – despite multiple end of week reports that he would play he didn’t end up getting game action (was apparently misidentified as playing on the broadcast, didn’t see that)
• Shaun Shivers, Auburn – did not play
• Tre Siggers, North Texas – returned to action
• A’Montae Spivey, Arkansas – did not travel
• Harry Trotter, Kansas State – returned to action
• Christian Turner, Michigan – opts back in to season
• La’Damian Webb, Florida State – returned to action
• Terius Wheatley, Virginia Tech – unavailable

WRs & TEs: In receiver news Tim Jones (Southern Miss) was unavailable again while Obi Obialo (Oklahoma) made his debut. Jared Wayne (Pitt) was unexpectedly out, and Dalton Rigdon (Texas Tech) didn’t play after an injury last week. And on Saturday Dahu Green (Arkansas State) and Tarique Milton (Iowa State) returned to action.

• Sean Atkins, South Florida – unavailable
• Elijah Bowick, Virginia Tech – unavailable
• Craig Burt, Western Kentucky – was GTD, did not play
• Dexter Carter, Georgia Southern – inactive
• Leroy Deshazier, Arkansas State – played
• TE Brandon Frazier, Auburn – not available again this week
• Noah Frith, Liberty – out
• Dahu Green, Arkansas State – returned to action
• Shedrick Jackson, Auburn – played
• Tim Jones, Southern Miss – out again
• Tavares Kelly, Virginia – not dressed
• TE Lucas Krull, Pitt – not dressed
• Jaylin Lane, MTSU – on injured list
• TE Nick Lenners, Kansas State – played
• Jaivian Lofton, Liberty – played after being GTD
• McLane Mannix, Texas Tech – available
• TE Tre McKitty, Georgia – tested knee in pregame
• Tarique Milton, Iowa State – returned to action
• Ryan Mitchell, Navy – season debut
• Joseph Ngata, Clemson – returned to action (a target but no catches), “still not 100%” coach quote in postgame
• Tre Nixon, UCF – not suited up
• Obi Obialo, Oklahoma – season debut
• Bryce Oliver, Kentucky – late scratch, unavailable
• Dalton Rigdon, Texas Tech – unavailable after injury last week
• Tyler Page, SMU – available
• Darryle Simmons, Virginia Tech – unavailable
• JJ Sparkman, Texas Tech – unavailable
• Brannon Spector, Clemson – returned to action
• Donald Stewart, Wake Forest – inactive (Friday)
• TE Major Tennison, Alabama – available
• Jared Wayne, Pitt – not dressed
• TE Brayden Willis, Oklahoma – self-reports on twitter he is out after injury last weekend
• CJ Windham, MTSU – returned to action
• Dallan Wright, Virginia Tech – unavailable
• TE Kyi Wright, Pitt – not dressed
• CJ Yarbrough, Liberty – returned to action
• Joshua Youngblood, Kansas State – unavailable
• TE Jake Zilinskas, Pitt – available

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The biggest news on Thursday was Tulane RB Tyjae Spears had knee surgery for a likely ACL tear suffered last weekend and is done for the season. Spears had rushed for 274 yards & 2 TDs this season. Tulane also announced they’ll have a new starting QB, Michael Pratt, for their game next week.

On Friday came a series of updates about Texas QB Sam Ehlinger and RBs Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson, who are all expected to play Saturday.

List of Injuries & Updates from October 1-2:

QBs:

• Kennique Bonner-Steward, Temple – opts out of season
• Sam Ehlinger, Texas – dealing with minor quad, left hand injuries, expected to play Saturday
• Cade Fortin, South Florida – will be available on Saturday, expected to be in QB rotation
• NC State – won’t reveal starter between Bailey Hockman and Devin Leary until gameday
• Jack Plummer, Purdue – says his ankle is 100%
• Michael Pratt, Tulane – will be the starter next week against Houston (Oct 8)
• Malik Willis, Liberty – looking good in practice, sounding likely to play on Saturday

RBs:

• Demarkcus Bowman, Clemson – enters transfer portal
• AJ Davis, Pitt – improving after injury last weekend, should be back soon, possibly this weekend
• Roschon Johnson, Texas – minor rib injury, expected to play Saturday
• Bijan Robinson, Texas – practiced Thursday, expected to play Saturday
• Tyjae Spears, Tulane – knee surgery for likely ACL tear, done for season

WRs & TEs:

• Kevin Austin, Notre Dame – on track to play Oct 10
• Craig Burt, Western Kentucky – described as a gametime decision but didn’t sound hopeful
• Noah Frith, Liberty – hamstring, out this week
• Donavon Greene, Wake Forest – has rehabbed and practiced, expected to play this week after back bruise last game
• Shedrick Jackson, Auburn – will play this weekend after missing last week
• TE Keilan Knight, UAB – transfer portal (listed as TE on online roster, defender in previous seasons)
• Jaylin Lane, MTSU – not on depth chart this week
• Jaivian Lofton, Liberty – ankle, will try to play this week
• Omar Manning, Nebraska – dealing with nagging injuries
• TE Tanner Mathias, Western Michigan – not on fall roster (possible opt out)
• Tre Nixon, UCF – coach was asked but essentially gave no update, said “nothing has been finalized”
• Bryce Oliver, Kentucky – should be available on Saturday
• Ben Skowronek, Notre Dame – will be healthy for Oct 10 game
• Pop Williams, Memphis – not on roster, appears to still be away on personal leave of absence
• CJ Windham, MTSU – not on depth chart this week

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Following are the fantasy-relevant starting depth charts released by the teams, along with any notes and last year’s stats, for FBS teams playing their FIRST games of the season October 3rd.

• Teams are in alphabetical order on the date they play.
• Starters on depth chart are listed, for full charts see posts on twitter
• Stats listed are from 2019

Saturday October 3:

Air Force depth chart:

• QB: Haaziq Daniels OR Warren Bryan
• FB: 1) Timothy Jackson (745-6) 2) Matthew Murla (44-0)
• TB: 1) Kadin Remsberg (1050-8) 2) Joshua Stoner (207-1)
• WRs: Ben Peterson (3/25), Daniel Morris (1/10)
• TE: Kyle Patterson

Florida Atlantic depth chart:

• QB: Nick Tronti (180-2)
• RB: BJ Emmons (237-6) RB2: James Charles (413-5)
• WRs: TJ Chase (7/70 – Clemson), Jordan Merrell, BJ Alexander (Kentucky transfer)
• TE: Michael Irvin (2/33 – Miami)

(following are the upcoming October games for FBS teams from the original 6 conferences playing this fall who have yet to play a game)

Thursday October 8:

Houston depth chart (from prior to previous postponement):

• QB: Clayton Tune (1533-11)
• RB: Kyle Porter (615-3) OR Mulbah Car (375-3)
• WRs: Jeremy Singleton (26/381), Keith Corbin (11/192), Marquez Stevenson (52/907), Nathaniel Dell OR Tre’von Bradley (16/326)
• TE: Christian Trahan (22/244)

Saturday October 10:

Temple depth chart:

• QB: Anthony Russo – coaches have said he is QB1
• RB:
• WRs:
• TE:

Saturday October 24:

Rice depth chart (PRECAMP depth chart):

• QB: Mike Collins (49-0 – TCU) OR JoVoni Johnson (97-1)
• RB: Juma Otoviano (114-0)
• FB: Brendan Suckley
• WRs: Austin Trammell (60/726), Bradley Rozner (55/770)
• TE: Jordan Myers (16/123)

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The biggest news on Tuesday was that Charlotte QB Chris Reynolds is expected to play this weekend, and that Louisville QB Malik Cunningham is practicing and good to go after a scary hit last weekend.

On Wednesday Minnesota WR Rashod Bateman shared he will be able to play this season after opting back in.

List of Injuries & Updates from September 29-30:

QBs:

• Malik Cunningham, Louisville – practicing and good to go
• Kevin Doyle, Arizona – opts back into the season
• Joey Gatewood, Kentucky – ruled eligible after transfer from Auburn
• Emory Jones, Florida – spotted with brace on hand
• McKenzie Milton, UCF – practicing in full pads, not a rush to bring him back though
• Missouri – depth chart still Shawn Robinson OR Connor Bazelak
• NC State – depth chart Bailey Hockman OR Devin Leary
• North Texas – depth chart still Jason Bean OR Austin Aune
• Chris Reynolds, Charlotte – expected to play this week
• Anthony Russo, Temple – limited by muscle strain but should be good to go for practice next week
• Skylar Thompson, Kansas State – good to go despite some limping last week
• Tyler Vitt, Texas State – not at practice today as works way through protocol but expected back soon

RBs:

• Keyon Brooks, Vanderbilt – did not practice Tuesday, hopeful Wed, missed last weekend with illness
• AJ Davis, Pitt – “making progress” after apparent shoulder injury last game, this felt very vague and I’m not reading too much into it yet
• Zach Evans, TCU – practiced Sunday, had missed about a month due to contact tracing
• Willie Parker, Eastern Michigan – opts out of season
• Larry Rountree, Missouri – RB1 on depth chart, no OR with Tyler Badie
• Len’Neth Whitehead, Tennessee – has begun taking scout team reps as he comes back from a foot injury

WRs & TEs:

• Rashod Bateman, Minnesota – reinstated and will be able to play this season
• TE Tyler Carr – in transfer portal again as grad transfer, transferred from Texas Tech to Hawaii in January
• Adam Cousins, UTEP – transfer portal
• Brennan Eagles, Texas – starting over Tarik Black on weekly depth chart
• TQ Jackson, SMU – eligible after transfer from Arkansas
• TE Tre McKitty, Georgia – practiced Tuesday, may be able to play this weekend
• Tarique Milton, Iowa State – described as day to day (missed last weekend)
• Dalton Rigdon, Texas Tech – not expected “to be down for an extended period” after apparent upper body injury last weekend
• TE Major Tennison, Alabama – dealing with intestinal issue

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In Monday QB news Georgia’s JT Daniels will be medically cleared this week and Oklahoma State’s Spencer Sanders practiced Sunday. Texas WR Jake Smith is expected to play this week, while it was revealed that Florida State WR Tamorrion Terry was limited by an injury last week and continues to be evaluated.

List of Injuries & Updates from September 28:

QBs:

• Air Force – Haaziq Daniels OR Warren Bryan on first depth chart
• Luke Anthony, Louisiana Tech – QB1 on depth chart, no more OR with Aaron Allen
• JT Daniels, Georgia – will be medically cleared this week
• Cade Fortin, South Florida – expected back this week
• Frank Harris, UTSA – gametime decision this week
• Jamil Muhammad, Georgia State – moved to LB
• Chubba Purdy, Florida State – getting closer to being able to play, on depth chart this week
• Will Rogers, Miss State – hopeful to return this week
• Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma State – practiced Sunday
• Jordan Travis, Florida State – suffered apparent lower-leg injury last weekend, was “moving around some” on Sunday
• Desmond Trotter, South Alabama – “protocol for illness”, expected to practice later this week, might be available this weekend
• UTSA – Josh Adkins OR Frank Harris (GTD) on depth chart
• Malik Willis, Liberty – day to day, left elbow

RBs:

• Otis Anderson, UCF – expected to be 100% this week after injury last weekend
• Bijan Robinson, Texas – didn’t practice Sunday, expected to try Tuesday or Wednesday
• Quinton Cooley, Wake Forest – out for the year, should be back for spring
• Chris Smith, Louisiana – ankle injury not expected to be a long-term issue, not season-ending

WRs & TEs:

• Edwin Carter, Illinois – entering transfer portal
• Noah Frith, Liberty – hamstring injury
• Shedrick Jackson, Auburn – hopeful to play this week
• Hezekiah Jones, Texas A&M – injured, had boot on last weekend and didn’t dress
• Tim Jones, Southern Miss – hamstring injury, chances to play this week improving, ran around some Sunday
• Peter LeBlanc, Louisiana – undisclosed injury
• Marquis McCoy, Southern Miss – in the transfer portal (2/43 this season)
• Eddie McDoom, South Florida – enters transfer portal, had opted out
• Jake Smith, Texas – expected to play this week
• Tamorrion Terry, Florida State – didn’t practice until Friday last week with an injury, was limited on Saturday, will continue to be evaluated

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Saturday saw Appalachian State get hid hard by Covid-protocols, but other than perhaps Virginia Tech, no other teams seemed especially wiped out for fantasy-purposes.

These updates are a mix of inactives, QB starters, and some simple injury updates (but not all). Look for a separate post later today (Sunday) with in-depth Saturday injury news.

List of Updates from September 26:

QBs: The most interesting news of the day was Virginia Tech’s Hendon Hooker not playing, as well as Jalon Daniels starting for Kansas with Thomas MacVittie still not being healthy.

• Max Bortenschlager, FIU – starts, but Stone Norton played the most
• Braxton Burmeister, Virginia Tech – starts
• Hudson Card, Texas – did not travel
• Matt Corral, Ole Miss – starts
• JT Daniels, Georgia – not medically cleared
• Jalon Daniels, Kansas – gets the start
• Jaren Hall, BYU – not dressed out again
• Hendon Hooker, Virginia Tech – not dressed out
• Thomas MacVittie, Kansas – did not play, was not available
• D’Wan Mathis, Georgia, started, but replaced by Stetson Bennett
• Shawn Robinson, Missouri – starts
• Will Rogers, Miss St – not warming up
• Ken Seals, Vanderbilt – starts
• Justin Tomlin, Georgia Southern – inactive
• Tyler Vitt, Texas State – not travel, Covid-protocols, Brady McBride started

RBs: The biggest news here was Camerun Peoples and Marcus Williams both being out for App State, which led to a huge day for Daetrich Harrington, and Harry Trotter being out for Kansas State.

• Keyon Brooks, Vanderbilt – out, unspecified
• Sion Finau, BYU – DNP but close to returning
• Gerald Green, Georgia Southern – inactive
• Keshawn King, Virginia Tech – unavailable
• Marcus Major, Oklahoma – dressed, did not play (that I saw)
• Demetrius Mauney, ECU – not warming up
• Camerun Peoples, App State – not on DC
• TJ Pledger, Oklahoma – played
• Harry Trotter, Kansas State – expected out
• La’Damian Webb, Florida State – did not play, was not available
• Terius Wheatley, Virginia Tech – unavailable
• Marcus Williams, App St – not on DC

WRs & TEs: Amongst the more interesting highlights were that Charlie Kolar (Iowa State) and Taysir Mack (Pitt) both made their season debuts, while Tarique Milton (Iowa State) didn’t play and Obi Obialo (Oklahoma) remained out.

• TE Zac Crosby, App State – not on DC
• TE Mike Evans, App State – not on DC
• Dontae Fleming, Louisiana – out today (was questionable)
• TE Brandon Frazier, Auburn – not warming up
• TE Larry Hodges, Miami – returned
• JJ Holloman, FIU – played
• Koilan Jackson, Arkansas – inactive
• TE Charlie Kolar, Iowa State – played
• TE Lucas Krull, Pitt – out
• TE Dante Lang, Florida – inactive
• TE Nick Lenners, Kansas State – expected out
• TE Joey Luchetti, Boston College
• Taysir Mack, Pitt – season debut
• McLane Mannix, Texas Tech – unavailable
• Tarique Milton, Iowa State – out, lower body injury
• Obi Obialo, Oklahoma – not warming up
• Bryce Oliver, Kentucky – out
• Tyler Page, SMU – not dressed out
• Jeremiah Payton, Miami – returned
• TE Henry Pearson, App State – out
• Corey Reed, Louisville – unavailable
• CJ Riley, NC State – returned to action
• Darryle Simmons, Virginia Tech – unavailable
• Drake Stoops, Oklahoma – suited up
• Joshua Tse, Florida – unavailable
• Jalen Virgil, App State – not on DC
• Christian Wells, App State – not on DC
• Malik Williams, App State – not on DC
• TE Brayden Willis, Oklahoma – suited up
• TE Kyi Wright, Pitt – out today
• CJ Yarbrough, Liberty – listed as out in pregame, had been GTD
• TE Jake Zilinskas, Pitt – out today

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In Wednesday injury news Louisiana RB Elijah Mitchell was not on the depth chart, and the coach said to reference the depth chart for availability, so he appears to be out for covid-related reasons. UCF RB Greg McCrae was said to be practicing after his injury last week, while Boston College WR Kobay White was confirmed out for the season with ACL surgery.

On Thursday Purdue WR Rondale Moore announced he was opting back into the season. Reports also came out that Texas WR Jake Smith is not expected to play on Saturday.

On Friday morning came news that Georgia Tech RB Jordan Mason wasn’t expected to play this weekend. And in the Mountain West, Air Force QB Donald Hammond was confirmed to not currently be in good standing as a cadet, while Boise St RB Robert Mahone entered the transfer portal after recently being arrested and suspended.

List of Injuries & Updates from September 23-25:

QBs:

• Matt Corral, Ole Miss – reports that he will start, John Rhys Plumlee will also play
• Florida International – Kaylan Wiggins OR Stone Norton OR Max Bortenschlager on depth chart
• Joey Gatewood, Kentucky – no update on waiver for eligibility
• James Graham, Georgia Tech – not listed on “Above the Line”, expected out
• Frank Harris, UTSA – injured Friday night, did not return
• Jaiave Magalei, Louisiana – out for covid-related reasons
• Ken Seals, Vanderbilt – reports that he will start this weekend, depth chart has a 4-way OR
• Desmond Trotter, South Alabama – was not present for pregame warmups, broadcast said he was unavailable due to illness

RBs:

• Emari Demercado, TCU – RB1 on depth chart
• Cameron Fleming, Memphis – out indefinitely due to leg injury in Arkansas State game
• Deion Hankins, UTEP – practicing with the first team Thursday as he is expected to be back this weekend
• Kevin Harris, South Carolina – will start on Saturday
• Jahmyl Jeter, Texas State – Oklahoma State transfer had waiver for eligibility approved
• Robert Mahone, Boise State – enters transfer portal, was previously suspended for legal issues
• Jordan Mason, Georgia Tech – not on Above the Line list, expected to be out
• Greg McCrae, UCF – sounds like he is doing ok after injury last weekend – “has been great in practices this week”, “expect him to have a big ballgame”
• Elijah Mitchell, Louisiana – not on depth chart, out for covid-related reasons

WRs & TEs:

• D’Marcus Adams, Florida Atlantic – waiver to play approved
• Dee Beckwith, Tennessee – will not travel, ankle injury
• Cjay Boone, Missouri – opts out of season
• TE Dylan Deveney – not on Georgia Tech’s “Above the Line”
• Dontae Fleming, Louisiana – lower body injury, questionable
• Zakhari Franklin, UTSA – got first playing time of season on Friday night
• Noah Frith, Liberty – expected to play
• Wykeen Gill, Kansas St – expected back this week
• Damon Hazelton, Missouri – expected to start this week, was dealing with hamstring in fall camp
• Jake Herslow, Old Dominion – transfer portal
• Jeremiah Holloman, FIU – not on depth chart, could be a gametime decision
• Rob Johnson, UAB – ejected in 2nd half for throwing a punch
• Jaylin Lane, MTSU – listed as out in pregame
• TE Dylan Leonard, Georgia Tech – not on “Above the Line” list
• Kyle McNamara, transfers from Michigan to Western Kentucky
• Rondale Moore, Purdue – opting back into season
• Tre Nixon, UCF – no update from the team/Heupel on Thursday (the team had said an update would come later in the week)
• Jake Smith, Texas – expected to be out this weekend, Brenden Schooler expected to start
• Landry Weber, Kansas St – expected back this week
• Kobay White, Boston College – officially out for the season with an ACL injury, had surgery
• CJ Windham, MTSU – hip, didn’t travel to game
• CJ Yarbrough, Liberty – described as a gametime decision (was questionable last week and played)
• Joshua Youngblood, Kansas St – expected back this week

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Following are the fantasy-relevant starting depth charts released by the teams, along with any notes and last year’s stats, for FBS teams playing their FIRST games of the season Saturday Sept. 26th.

• Teams are in alphabetical order on the date they play.
• Starters on depth chart are listed, for full charts see posts on twitter
• Post will be continually updated as more depth charts are released
• Stats listed are from 2019
• Charts/Notes only included for FBS teams
• (Several of these charts are carry-overs from last week whose teams games were postponed, I will be checking for any updates)

Saturday September 26th:

Alabama depth chart:

• QB: Mac Jones (1503-14)
• RB: Najee Harris (1224-13, 27/304)
• WRs: John Metchie (4/23), DeVonta Smith (68/1256), Jaylen Waddle (33/560)
• TE: Miller Forristall (15/167)

Arkansas depth chart:

• QB: Feleipe Franks (698-5 – Florida)
• RB: Rakeem Boyd (1133-8)
• WRs: Mike Woods (33/423), Treylon Burks (29/475), Trey Knox (28/385)
• TE: Hudson Henry (2/17) OR Blayne Toll

Auburn depth chart:

• QB: Bo Nix (2542-16, 313-7)
• RB: Shaun Shivers (286-3)
• WRs: Anthony Schwartz (41/440) OR Eli Stove (37/321), Shedrick Jackson (2/31), Seth Williams (59/830)
• TE: John Samuel Shenker (3/21)

Baylor depth chart (from last week before postponement):

• QB: Charlie Brewer (3161-21, 344-11)
• RB: John Lovett (655-5) OR Trestan Ebner (250-3, 24/317)
• WRs: RJ Sneed (42/437), Gavin Holmes, Tyquan Thornton (45/782)
• TE: Ben Sims (2/5)

East Carolina depth chart:

• QB: Holton Ahlers (3387-21, 359-6)
• RB: Darius Pinnix (289-4) OR Chase Hayden (39-0 – Arkansas)
• WRs: CJ Johnson (54/908) OR Audi Omotosho (5/114), Tyler Snead (66/759), Blake Proehl (54/670)
• TE: Jeremy Lewis (5/39) OR Shane Calhoun

Florida depth chart:

• QB: Kyle Trask (2941-25)
• RBs: Malik Davis (86-1) OR Dameon Pierce (305-4)
• WRs: Jacob Copeland (21/273), Kadarius Toney (10/194), Trevon Grimes (33/491)
• TE: Kyle Pitts (54/649)

Florida Atlantic depth chart (from last week before postponement) – POSTPONED again:

• QB: Nick Tronti (180-2)
• RB: BJ Emmons (237-6)
• WRs: TJ Chase (7/70 – Clemson), Jordan Merrell, BJ Alexander (Kentucky transfer)
• TE: Michael Irvin (2/33 – Miami)

Florida International depth chart:

• QB: Kaylan Wiggins (172-0) OR Stone Norton OR Max Bortenschlager (Maryland transfer)
• RBs: Maleek Williams (144-2 – Ark, 2018), D’vonte Price (249-0)
• WRs: Kris Mitchell, Bryce Singleton (29/368 – 2018)
• TE: Sterling Palmer (22/205)

Georgia depth chart (roughly PROJECTED until/if official is released):

• QB: D’Wan Mathis, JT Daniels ( 215-1, USC – not yet medically cleared but expected to be)
• RB: Zamir White (408-3), James Cook (188-2)
• WRs: George Pickens (49/727), Kearis Jackson (5/79), Demetris Robertson (30/333)
• TE: John Fitzpatrick (1/22), Darnell Washington, (Tre McKitty doubtful)

Houston depth chart (from last week before postponement) – POSTPONED yet again:

• QB: Clayton Tune (1533-11)
• RB: Kyle Porter (615-3) OR Mulbah Car (375-3)
• WRs: Jeremy Singleton (26/381), Keith Corbin (11/192), Marquez Stevenson (52/907), Nathaniel Dell OR Tre’von Bradley (16/326)
• TE: Christian Trahan (22/244)

Kentucky depth chart:

• QB: Terry Wilson (360-2)
• RB: AJ Rose (826-6)
• WRs: Bryce Oliver (6/111), Allen Dailey (7/75), Clevan Thomas (11/99), Josh Ali (23/233)
• TE: Justin Rigg (11/128)

LSU depth chart:

• QB: Myles Brennan (353-1)
• RB: Chris Curry (189-0) OR Tyrion Davis-Price (295-6) OR John Emery (188-4) – Curry was mentioned earlier this week as the possible lead back
• WRs: Kayshon Boutte, Terrace Marshall (46/671), Racey McMath (17/285)
• TE: Arik Gilbert

Mississippi State depth chart:

• QB: KJ Costello (1038-6 – Stanford) OR Will Rogers – Costello has been named the starter
• RB: Kylin Hill (1350-10)
• WRs: Malik Heath OR Cameron Gardner (1/7), JaVonta Payton (9/147), Austin Williams (11/119), Tyrell Shavers (1/20 – Alabama)

Missouri depth chart:

• QB: Connor Bazelak (144-0) OR Shawn Robinson (1334-9 – TCU 2018)
• RB: Larry Rountree (829-9) OR Tyler Badie (457-3)
• WRs: Damon Hazelton (31/527 – Va Tech), Keke Chism, Jalen Knox (19/307)
• TE: Daniel Parker (15/140) or Niko Hea (3/30) OR Logan Christopherson

Ole Miss depth chart:

• QB: Matt Corral (1362-6) OR John Rhys Plumlee (910-4, 1023-12)
• RBs: Jerrion Ealy (722-6) OR Henry Parrish
• WRs: Jonathan Mingo (12/172), Elijah Moore (67/850), Dontario Drummond (13/188)
• TE: Kenny Yeboah (19/233 – Temple)

South Carolina depth chart:

• QB: Collin Hill (840-8 – Colorado State)
• RB: Kevin Harris (179-4) OR Deshaun Fenwick (111-0)
• FB: Adam Prentice
• WRs: Shi Smith (43/489), Xavier Legette (9/80), Dakereon Joyner (6/46)
• TEs: Nick Muse (17/158), Keveon Mullins

TCU depth chart (some have questioned whether there may be some gamesmanship/inaccuracy in this depth chart, nonetheless I share what the team releases):

• QB: Matthew Downing (UGA transfer – announced as starter) OR Max Duggan (2077-15, 555-6)
• RB: Emari Demercado (65-0)
• WRs: Dylan Thomas (8/121), Taye Barber (29/372), Pro Wells (17/196), Blair Conwright (3/25)
• TE: Artayvious Lynn (11/118)

Tennessee depth chart:

• QB: Jarrett Guarantano (2158-16)
• RB: Ty Chandler (655-3) OR Eric Gray (539-4)
• WRs: Ramel Keyton (4/104), Brandon Johnson (2/31), Josh Palmer (34/457)
• TE: Princeton Fant (2/15) OR Sean Brown OR Jacob Warren (1/1)

Texas A&M depth chart (so many ORs at WR I listed them individually):

• QB: Kellen Mond (2897-20, 501-8)
• RB: Isaiah Spiller (946-10, 29/203) OR Ainias Smith (54-0, 22/248)
• FB: Cagan Baldree
• WR: Kam Brown (2/19) OR Chase Lane OR Moose Muhammad OR Devin Price
• WR: Jalen Preston (3/36) OR Demond Demas
• WR: Caleb Chapman (1/6) OR Hezekiah Jones (15/134 – 2018) OR Kenyon Jackson OR Dylan Wright
• TE: Jalen Wydermyer (32/447)

Vanderbilt depth chart:

• QB: Mike Wright OR Jeremy Moussa OR Ken Seals OR Danny Clark – there are reports that Ken Seals is expected to start
• RB: Jamauri Wakefield (7-0)
• WRs: Tyrell Alexander OR James Bostic (11/112), Cam Johnson (30/316) OR Devin Boddie, Chris Pierce (14/245) OR Amir Abdur-Rahman
• TE: Ben Bresnahan (7/105)

Virginia depth chart:

• QB: Brennan Armstrong (196-1)
• RB: Wayne Taulapapa (473-12)
• WRs: Terrell Jana (73/878), Billy Kemp (35/289), Ra’Shaun Henry, Tavares Kelly (14/152)
• TE: Tony Poljan (33/496 – CMU) OR Grant Misch (1/6)

Virginia Tech depth chart:

• QB: Hendon Hooker (1555-13), Braxton Burmeister also expected to play
• RB: Khalil Herbert (384-2 – Kansas)
• WRs: Tayvion Robinson (31/404), Tre Turner (34/553), Kaleb Smith (9/121)
• TE: James Mitchell (21/361)

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On Tuesday came news that TCU QB Matthew Downing will be their opening game starter, while Missouri and Vanderbilt have ORs on their first depth charts.

In WR injury news Boston College’s Kobay White will be out for an extended time, while Cincinnati’s Alec Pierce will miss a few weeks.

List of Injuries & Updates from September 22:

QBs (I list every QB1 on first-released depth charts that hadn’t already been formally announced):

• Holton Ahlers, East Carolina – confirmed as QB1
• Matthew Downing, TCU – named starter for the opener, Max Duggan may also play
• Jarrett Guarantano, Tennessee – confirmed as QB1
• Louisiana Tech – Luke Anthony will start, Aaron Allen will also play
• Missouri – Connor Bazelak OR Shawn Robinson on depth chart
• Chubba Purdy, Florida State – appears to be getting reps in practice, not confirmed to what degree he has been cleared
• Texas State – both QBs Tyler Vitt & Brady McBride expected to play this weekend
• Skylar Thompson, Kansas State – limited to therapy last week, but practicing and hopeful full-strength this week
• Jay Urich, South Carolina – reserve QB will have surgery for a chronic shoulder injury and move on from playing
• Vanderbilt – 4 way OR at QB1 on the depth chart- Mike Wright, Jeremy Moussa, Ken Seals, Danny Clark

RBs:

• Brenden Brady, UTSA – will be out a while with a leg injury suffered last weekend
• Quinton Cooley, Wake Forest – has fallen off the depth chart

WRs & TEs:

• Jalen Brooks, South Carolina – waiver for eligibility denied for Wingate transfer, team will appeal
• Jadon Haselwood, Oklahoma – making progress, expected back sometime this season
• TE Charlie Kolar, Iowa State – still day to day (lower body), expected to travel with team this week
• TE Tre McKitty, Georgia – doubtful this weekend with knee injury
• Joseph Ngata, Clemson (missed this over the weekend) – did not play Saturday due to a tweaked abdominal muscle
• Alec Pierce, Cincinnati – knee scoped, likely out a a few weeks, hopeful back for Oct 17 game
• TE Brendan Scales, Missouri – out season, medical redshirt for foot injury
• Kobay White, Boston College – out with an injury (likely knee), possibly for the season