Tag: college football injuries

The biggest news from the weekend was transfer related. On Saturday Washington State WR Davontavean “Tay” Martin announced he would transfer to Oklahoma State. Over the past 3 seasons Martin has totaled 143 receptions for 1615 yards and 18 TDs. Martin will likely apply for a waiver to be immediately eligible in attempts to join a WR corps led by Tylan Wallace.

Then on Sunday Colorado State TE Trey McBride announced he would remove his name from the transfer portal and remain with the team.

College Football Injuries and Updates List for August 22-23:

QBs:

• Max Duggan, TCU – had a procedure for pre-existing heart condition and has begun recovery, no timeline was mentioned
• TJ Goodwin, UTEP – opts out of season
• Gavin Hardison, UTEP – named starter
• Gunnar Watson, Troy – named starting QB

RBs:

• Jacob Kibodi – back in the transfer portal, was at Texas A&M last season and had transferred to Incarnate Word
• DJ Williams, Auburn – was seen wearing a non-contact jersey in practice last week, then held out of Saturday’s scrimmage, expected back next week

WRs & TEs:

• TE Baylor Cupp, Texas A&M – healthy after season-long injury last year
• Tay Martin – transfers from Washington State to Oklahoma State
• TE Trey McBride, Colorado State – withdraws from transfer portal
• Ricky Walker, grad transfer from Cal to Oregon State

The first news early on Wednesday was the biggest, as Wake Forest WR Sage Surratt chose to opt out of the season to prepare for the NFL Draft. In only 9 games last season Surratt had 66/1001-11 receiving.

Two big pieces of injury news from Thursday. First was South Carolina high-rated recruit RB MarShawn Lloyd tearing his ACL. Lloyd was set to be one of the top freshman running backs in the nation, but is now out for the season. Next was TCU QB Matt Duggan has been sitting out with an undisclosed condition that makes it sound like his season may be in doubt. Matthew Downing has been taking first team TCU QB reps in Duggan’s absence.

Friday didn’t have any groundbreaking news, with the possible highlights being Florida WR Trevon Grimes tweeting that he planned to play this season after missing several practices, and Texas Tech WR TJ Vasher returning to practice after some academic issues had caused him to miss earlier fall practices.

College Football Injuries & Updates List for August 19-21:

QBs:

• Harrison Bailey, Tennessee – quarantined, not yet practiced
• Mikele Colasurdo, Georgia State – out for season with Covid-related heart issues
• Max Duggan, TCU – undisclosed condition discovered, return uncertain this season
• RJ Harvey, transfer from Virginia to UCF, will move to RB
• McKenzie Milton, UCF, doing non-contact work, no timetable for return

RBs:

• AJ Davis, Pitt – dinged up in practice, should be fine for gameday
• Kendrell Flowers, Wake Forest – opts out
• Mike Hollins, Virginia – opts out
• MarShawn Lloyd, South Carolina – torn ACL, out season
• FB Drew Schlegel, Kentucky – transfer to Cal
• Gilberto Torres, UMass – transfer portal
• Ronnie Walker, Virginia – waiver denied after transfer from Indiana, team appealing

WRs & TEs:

• Jaylond Adams, Southern Miss – opts out (first reported earlier this week)
• Trevon Grimes, Florida – says will play after missing several practices
• Jadon Haselwood, Oklahoma – “isn’t likely to be ready until at least late in the season”
• Hunter Hayek, Rutgers – will graduate this fall and transfer to Stony Brook
• Tyquan Johnson, South Carolina – no longer with team
• TE Dalton Kincaid, transfer from San Diego to Utah
• Oliver Martin, Nebraska – transfer from Iowa, will walk-on at Nebraska
• TE Austin Pope, Tennessee – recovering from back surgery, expected to be ready for gameday as improves
• Brenden Schooler, Arizona – recently transferred from Oregon, entering the transfer portal toward goal of playing in fall
• La’Vontae Shenault, Colorado – was arrested in July with a DUI, will be suspended for an undetermined number of games when their season starts
• Sage Surratt, Wake Forest – opts out to prepare for NFL Draft
• DJ Turner, Maryland – plans to grad transfer
• TJ Vasher, Texas Tech – back at practice after academic issues
• Kobay White, Boston College – knee, missed several practices, not considered long-term
• Dontayvion Wicks, Virginia – season-ending injury last week
• Latrell Williams, South Florida – sprained ankle, optimistic to return next week

Not a huge news day after a very active Monday. QB Terry Wilson (Kentucky) was confirmed healthy & WR Amari Rodgers (Clemson) and TE Brevin Jordan (Miami) returned to practice after missing their teams scrimmages this past weekend. Biggest transfer of the day was TE Trey McBride (Colorado State) who went for 45/560-4 last season, after Colorado St WR Warren Jackson announced yesterday he would skip the season to prepare for the draft, CSU has some huge receiving holes to fill.

QBs:

• James Foster, Texas A&M – opts out
• Terry Wilson, Kentucky – “full-go” after knee injury last season

RBs:

• Steven Anderson, Southern Miss – opts out, transfer portal
• Jahmyl Jeter, Texas State – eligibility waiver still pending

WRs & TEs:

• Reginald Johnson, La-Lafayette – left team for junior college
• Waydale Jones, Texas State – eligibility waiver still pending
• TE Brevin Jordan, Miami – missed Sunday scrimmage, back at practice
• Dionte Marks, transfer from Florida to UCF
• TE Trey McBride, Colorado State – transfer portal
• Amari Rodgers, Clemson – back at practice after missing scrimmage
• Bryce Singleton, FIU – back after missing 2019 season
• John “Pop” Williams, Memphis – not with team right now, personal leave of absence
• Latrell Williams, USF – wearing protective boot

The biggest injury news of the day was that Florida State TE (UCLA grad transfer) Jordan Wilson will miss the season due to an undisclosed injury. The team plans to appeal for a medical waiver for next season.

On the transfer front WR Tay Martin of Washington State entered the transfer portal. Over the past 3 years Martin combined for 143/1615-18 receiving.

And 3 Florida WRs missed practice for unclear reasons – Kadarius Toney, Trevon Grimes & Jacob Copeland, something to monitor. And Texas Tech WR T.J. Vasher remains out taking care of academic issues, no clarity on how soon he might return.

QBs:

• Henry Colombi, Texas Tech – team applying for waiver for eligibility
• Steven Migut, Army – transfer portal
• Chubba Purdy, Florida St – broken collarbone, out several weeks

RBs:

• Jeremy Banks, Tennessee – reinstated to team after dismissal last season, expected to play LB in 2020
• Devyn Ford, Penn State – misdemeanor drug possession charges
• Robert Mahone, Boise St – arrested, suspended from all team activities

WRs & TEs:

• Kevin Austin, Notre Dame – 8-12 weeks until full recovery from foot surgery
• TE Jaheim Bell, South Carolina – medical procedure – out likely until early November
• Jalen Brooks, South Carolina – no waiver update
• Jacob Copeland, Florida – misses practice
• Trevon Grimes, Florida – misses practice
• Tay Martin, Washington State – transfer portal
• Jordan Pouncey, Florida – no waiver update
• Gunner Romney, BYU – full-go after hamstring tweak
• Jashawn Sheffield, transfer from Auburn to MTSU
• Justin Shorter, Florida – no waiver update
• Kadarius Toney, Florida – misses practice
• T.J. Vasher, Texas Tech – remains out taking care of academics
• Noah West, Army – transfer portal
• TE Jordan Wilson, Florida St – undisclosed injury, out for season

The weekend had some big news break, foremost with the opt outs of RB Kennedy Brooks (Oklahoma) & WR Warren Jackson (Colorado State). The Brooks news in combination with Trey Sermon’s transfer to Ohio State and Rhamondre Stevenson still serving a multi-game suspension from last season means that Oklahoma will be breaking in some new RBs this year. TE Grant Calcaterra (Oklahoma) also announced he was returning to football but would transfer.

QBs:

• JT Daniels, Georgia – not yet medically cleared, contradicting report from earlier in the week
• Jamie Newman, Georgia – back from foot sprain

RBs:

• Kennedy Brooks, Oklahoma – opts out of season
• Travis Etienne, Clemson – didn’t participate in scrimmage due to being “banged up” earlier in the week

WRs & TEs:

• Will Brown, Clemson – injured shoulder (?) in scrimmage, not thought to be serious
• TE Grant Calcaterra – “retired” from Oklahoma last season, but has decided to return to football and plans to enter the transfer portal
• Cason Grant, Oklahoma – lower-body injury, will miss part of season (walk-on)
• Warren Jackson, Colorado State – opts out to prepare for NFL draft
• Troy Omeire, Texas – torn ACL, out for season
• Warren Thompson, Florida State – apologizes after social media post criticizing team for handling of COVID
• Al’Vonte Woodard, Texas – checked for head injury after practice

The news this week has been dominated by teams and conferences trying to decide whether they were playing this fall or postponing to the spring, which postponed or limited practices for many teams.

Not many high-profile updates this week, perhaps the biggest being Marshall QB Isaiah Green withdrawing from the transfer portal, Georgia QB JT Daniels being cleared (later update: he is actually not yet medically cleared) while teammate QB Jamie Newman may be rehabbing a foot issue; at FSU WR DJ Matthews tweeting then deleting that he had a positive COVID test, which led to a brief player social media controversy at Florida State.

QBs:

• JT Daniels, Georgia – cleared for fall after ACL tear at USC last year
• Joey Gatewood, Kentucky – no update on waiver for eligibility
• Isaiah Green, Marshall – withdraws from transfer portal
• Kasim Hill, Tennessee – transfer portal
• KJ Jefferson, Arkansas – healthy for fall
• Sheldon Layman, Memphis – withdraws from transfer portal
• Trey Lowe, grad transfer from West Virginia to Southern Miss
• Re-al Mitchell, Temple – immediately eligible after transfer from Iowa St
• Jamie Newman, Georgia – reports he is rehabbing a foot issue
• Justin Rogers, UNLV – immediately eligible after transfer from TCU
• Joey Yellen, Pitt – immediately eligible after transfer from Arizona St

RBs:

• Josh Berry, South Florida – opts out
• Raheem Blackshear, Virginia Tech – waiver denied after transfer from Rutgers, team will appeal
• Trivenskey Mosley, Southern Miss – transfer portal
• TQ Newsome, Southern Miss – moves to LB
• Trevor Speights, Notre Dame – medically disqualified
• Christian Turner, Michigan – opts out (prior to Big Ten postponement)
• Terius Wheatley, Virginia Tech – limited by hamstring issue

WRs & TEs

• Antwan Dixon, Kent State – transfer portal
• Zack Dobson, grad transfer from MTSU to West Virginia
• TE Sage Ennis, Clemson – “battling back from mono”
• Malik Heath, Mississippi State – arrested for DUI, speeding
• Reginald Johnson, Louisiana-Lafayette – hamstring, out
• Frank Ladson, Clemson – quarantine protocol
• DJ Matthews, Florida State – COVID positive
• Eddie McDoom, USF – opts out
• Justin McKithen, Florida Atlantic – moved to CB
• TE Thomas Nance – USF – opts out
• Joseph Ngata, Clemson – back at practice (Wed)
• Isaiah Robertson, Notre Dame – medically disqualified
• Gunner Romney, BYU – limited practice, hamstring tweak (Mon)
• TE Christian Sabatini, Louisiana-Lafayette – undisclosed, out
• Arian Smith, Georgia – knee and wrist surgeries
• CJ Yarbrough, Liberty – healthy after foot surgery, probable for first game