Category: College Football

On Monday Indiana QB Michael Penix was announced to be done for the season with a torn ACL. CMU QB Daniel Richardson will not play this week, Washington State QB Jayden de Laura is expected to play this Sunday, and Oregon State QB Tristan Gebbia is dealing with a hamstring injury. UCLA RB Demetric Felton is practicing Monday after a late injury last weekend, and Kentucky RB Chris Rodriguez is back on the depth chart after being out for covid reasons.

In case you missed it on Sunday, LSU WR Terrace Marshall opted out of the rest of the season to prepare for the NFL draft, and South Carolina WR Shi Smith is still in concussion protocol and is questionable this week.

Injuries & Updates from November 30 (or from Sunday where noted):

QBs:

• Connor Adair, Memphis – no longer listed on team roster (opt out)
• Michael Bonds, Miami OH – enters transfer portal
• Jayden de Laura, Washington State – will play this Sunday
• Matt Duncan, Temple – suspension lifted
• Tristan Gebbia, Oregon State – hamstring injury is more significant than initially thought, will be treated/evaluated this week
• Kansas – Jalon Daniels and Miles Kendrick competing to start
• D’Wan Mathis, Georgia – has left the team, expected to transfer (Saturday)
• Quincy Patterson, Virginia Tech – plans to transfer
• Michael Penix, Indiana – expected to miss the rest of the season with torn ACL
• Daniel Richardson, CMU – will not play this week
• Davis Shanley, Western Kentucky – enters transfer portal
• Jakson Thomson, Louisiana Tech – enters transfer portal
• Shai Werts, Georgia Southern – team optimistic he’ll be able to play this week, but Justin Tomlin sounds likely to play (start?)

RBs:

• Tank Bigsby, Auburn – limited in practice Sunday
• Darius Boone, EMU – unlikely to play this week
• Rodrigues Clark, Memphis – day to day this week but sounds hopeful
• Iverson Clement, Florida – enters transfer portal
• DeShawn Collins, Cal – enters transfer portal (hasn’t been with team this season)
• Demetric Felton, UCLA – practicing today after getting banged up late last weekend
• Kendrell Flowers, Wake Forest – enters transfer portal after opting out
• Velton Gardner, Kansas – sounds unlikely to play this week
• Daniel Hishaw, Kansas – sounds unlikely to play this week
• Keaontay Ingram, Texas – questionable still this week
• Qualan Jones, Baylor – questionable to be back this week
• Shedro Louis, Liberty – good to go this week
• Dedrick Mills, Nebraska – hopeful this week
• Richard Newton, Washington – DNP last weekend sounds like a coach’s decision rather than injury-related
• Chris Rodriguez, Kentucky – returns to depth chart
• Ronald Thompkins, Nebraska – hopeful this week
• Sean Tyler, Western Michigan – likely a gametime decision this week
• DJ Williams, Auburn – did not practice Sunday

WRs & TEs:

• Demond Demas, Texas A&M – expected to be available this week
• Marcus Fleming, Nebraska – is no longer with the program
• Gunner Gentry, Wyoming – out this week with contact tracing
• Jeremiah Haydel, Texas State – declares for NFL Draft
• Chase Lane, Texas A&M – expected to practice today
• Xavier Lane, Western Kentucky – not expected to play Tuesday, knee (Sunday)
• Terrace Marshall, LSU – opting out of the rest of the season (Sunday)
• Racey McMath, LSU – not expected to be back this week
• Keonta Nixon, Central Michigan – enters transfer portal
• Bubba Ogbebor, Arkansas State – tore patella tendon and will have surgery Tuesday
• TE Justin Rigg, Kentucky – returns to depth chart
• Darryle Simmons, Virginia Tech – plans to transfer
• LeMaro Smith, Buffalo – enters transfer portal
• Shi Smith, South Carolina – still in concussion protocol, quest (Sunday)
• Jared Sparks, Purdue – opts out
• Trent Whittemore, Florida – hopeful to play this week
• Marlon Williams, UCF – has played last college game and will pursue NFL
• CJ Yarbrough, Liberty – hopeful this week (concussion protocol)

I break down the injury news from this past weekend with notes on each player who may have been dealing with injuries.

A few notes about this list, being on it does not for sure mean a player is “injured”, but rather:

• They may have missed the game due to a known injury (ok, this does mean they are injured)
• They may have gone out of the game due to injury and not returned (sometimes with an official announcement from the team)
• They may have left the game but returned, or at least attempted to return (sometimes these guys end up banged up enough to miss future games)
• They may have had a vague twitter mention about possibly being injured or leaving a game, so it’s something on my radar

I’ll continue to post any updates I see during the week, those will be added to daily updates as well as the injury database.

If you are aware of a fantasy-relevant injury from this weekend that you don’t see here (or don’t see listed in the database), or think anything shared here is incomplete, please tag me on twitter with a link and let me know, thanks!

List of Potential Injury News from Fri-Sat Nov 27-28 (unless noted):

• RB David Bailey, Boston College – in the 2nd half he was officially announced to be out the rest of the game with an upper body injury
• RB LD Brown, Oklahoma State – pregame reports were conflicting between that he was unlikely to play or that he was a gametime decision, he was dressed out in pregame but did not play
• WR Terrell Bynum, Washington – in the 4th quarter he went to the locker room after getting tackled and coming up holding his left arm/hand
• RB Demetric Felton, UCLA – in the 4th quarter he limped off the field and was sitting by the medical tent, the team did not have a postgame update
• QB Tristan Gebbia, Oregon State – late in the 4th quarter on Friday night he appeared to suffer a leg injury on a goal line play and was helped off the field, he was pictured on crutches
• RB Jahmyr Gibbs, Georgia Tech – in the 2nd quarter he went to the locker room and in the 2nd half was seen on crutches on the sideline
• QB Grant Gunnell, Arizona – was injured on the first play from scrimmage and did not return, in postgame the injury was confirmed to be to his throwing shoulder
• QB Trae Hall, New Mexico – on Thursday he was carted off in the 3rd quarter and was said to be getting taken to get X-rays on his ribs
• WR Malik Heath, Miss State – in the 4th quarter he went down in the end zone holding his leg, unclear if it was perhaps just a cramp
• WR Berkeley Holman, Northwestern – in the 4th quarter he was put on a backboard, carted off and taken to a hospital. Later reports were that he was doing good and expected to head home last night.
• RB Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma State – did not play Saturday as the reports were that he had re-aggravated his ankle injury last game
• RB Caleb Huntley, Ball State – participated in pregame warmups but ultimately was not able to play due to an undisclosed injury
• RB Isaiah Jacobs, Maryland – in postgame it was shared that he had suffered a hamstring injury in the 2nd quarter
• QB Lucas Johnson, San Diego State – in pregame it was announced that he would not start due to a hamstring injury
• QB Phil Jurkovec, Boston College – appeared to injure his left knee/leg in the third quarter and the team announced he would not return to the game, on Sunday it was shared his X-ray came back clear
• WR Jalen Knox, Missouri – in postgame it was shared that he did not play much due to tweaking his lower leg early in the game
• WR Chase Lane, Texas A&M – in the 4th quarter he fell on his left arm after an incomplete pass and was down on the field for a while
• WR Bubba Ogbebor, Arkansas State – was carted off in the second quarter and in postgame it was thought he may have torn his patella tendon and would get an MRI
• WR JaVonta Payton, Miss State – injured after taking a hit on a pass over the middle in the first half, went to the locker room and did not appear to return
• QB Michael Penix, Indiana – went down on a QB run in the 3rd quarter and had to be helped off, in postgame it was said to be a lower leg injury
• QB Eli Peters, Toledo – went down with an injury in the 4th quarter and was replaced by Carter Bradley
• QB Daniel Richardson, Central Michigan – in the 3rd quarter on Friday he was hurt on a QB run and was carted off the field with an air cast on his leg
• QB Kurtis Rourke, Ohio – left the game in the 2nd quarter and did not return, a writer described it as a left shoulder injury and in postgame it was said “it is an injury that is probably going to take some time to recover”.
• WR Bryan Thompson, Utah – in the 2nd quarter his head appeared to hit the ground as he was tackled after a catch, did not appear to return
• QB Desmond Trotter, South Alabama – left the game in the 3rd quarter after appearing to get his ankle rolled up on and did not return
• RB Xazavian Valladay, Wyoming – in the 2nd quarter on Friday he was seen getting his foot iced and then went to the locker room. He was in street clothes in the 2nd half and was going to get an MRI.
• QB Noah Vedral, Rutgers – was ruled out right before kickoff and was shown by cameras looking uncomfortable as he threw passes in pregame, in postgame he was said to have gotten hurt in the Michigan game last week
• QB Shai Werts, Georgia Southern – in the fourth quarter he went to the medical tent and was replaced by Justin Tomlin, on Sunday was said to be struggling with a shoulder injury
• RB DJ Williams, Auburn – limped off in the 1st quarter and in postgame was said he “got hurt”
• WR Marlon Williams, UCF – did not play Friday, in postgame the team admitted they knew early in the week he would be unavailable

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 November 27-28 (unless noted):

QBs: Luke Doty got the start for South Carolina over Collin Hill, Carson Baker started for San Diego State with Lucas Johnson dealing with hamstring issues, and Chase Griffin started for UCLA with Dorian Thompson-Robinson still unavailable. Brett Gabbert (Miami OH) returned to action, while Eli Peters (Toledo) was also able to start after an injury, but was injured again late. In the Big Ten winning QB battles this week were Rocky Lombardi (Michigan State), Adrian Martinez (Nebraska), and Sean Clifford (Penn State).

• Carson Baker, SDSU – started
• Sean Clifford, Penn State – started
• Henry Colombi, Texas Tech – unavailable
• KJ Costello, Miss State – not dressed
• Rex Culpepper, Syracuse – started
• Jalon Daniels, Kansas – started
• Luke Doty, South Carolina – started
• Garrett Dzuro, UMass – started
• Jacob Free, Troy – inactive
• Brett Gabbert, Miami OH – returned to action
• Max Gilliam, UNLV – started
• Tyger Goslin, Navy – started
• Chase Griffin, UCLA – started
• Trae Hall, New Mexico – started Thur, injured
• Will Howard, Kansas State – started
• Lucas Johnson, SDSU – sidelined with hamstring injury
• Noah Johnson, USF – not dressed
• Rocky Lombardi, Michigan State – started
• Adrian Martinez, Nebraska – started
• Jordan McCloud, USF – started
• Cade McNamara, Michigan – started
• JaCobian Morgan, Syracuse – out
• Aidan O’Connell, Purdue – out
• Eli Peters, Toledo – started, injured late
• Shawn Robinson, Missouri – inactive
• Spencer Sanders, Okla State – started
• Artur Sitkowski, Rutgers – started
• Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA –
• Tevaka Tuioti, New Mexico – did not travel
• Shai Werts, Georgia Southern – started, injured late

RBs: Amongst surprise absences were Otis Anderson (UCF), LD Brown and Chuba Hubbard (Oklahoma State), Jake Funk (Maryland), Rahjai Harris (East Carolina), Richard Newton (Washington) and Caleb Huntley (Ball State). Tank Bigsby (Auburn) was able to play after a hip injury last week, while Rodrigues Clark (Memphis) and Devyn Ford (Penn State) did not suit up.

• Israel Abanikanda, Pitt – unavailable
• Kazmeir Allen, UCLA – unavailable
• Otis Anderson, UCF – unavailable
• Greg Bell, San Diego State – out
• Tank Bigsby, Auburn – played after injury last week
• Darius Boone, EMU – did not play
• Christopher Brown, Cal – returned to action
• LD Brown, Oklahoma State – did not play
• Maurice Burkley, Louisville – out today, perhaps for sesaon
• Rodrigues Clark, Memphis – did not travel
• Darrien Felix, USF – returned to action
• Deshaun Fenwick, South Carolina – unavailable
• C’Bo Flemister, Notre Dame – dressed, did not appear to play in box score
• Devyn Ford, Penn State – out
• Jake Funk, Maryland – inactive
• Velton Gardner, Kansas – not dressed, leg
• Pat Garwo, Boston College – returned to action
• Jamious Griffin, Georgia Tech – available, did not appear to play
• Rahjai Harris, East Carolina – not dressed
• Keyon Henry-Brooks, Vanderbilt – returned to action
• Daniel Hishaw, Kansas – unavailable
• Chuba Hubbard, Okla State – out
• Caleb Huntley, Ball State – unavailable
• Keaontay Ingram, Texas – out
• Martell Irby, UCLA – unavailable
• Sampson James, Indiana – inactive
• Davion Johnson, Miami OH – played
• Keegan Jones, UCLA – unavailable
• Will Jones, Ball State – unavailable
• Wesley Kennedy, Georgia Southern – suspended
• Shedro Louis, Liberty – unavailable
• John Lovett, Baylor – returned to action
• Dedrick Mills, Nebraska – out
• Richard Newton, Washington – dressed and on sideline but did not play
• Darien Rencher, Clemson – returned to action
• Chris Rodriguez, Kentucky – out
• Julian Ross, Ohio – season debut
• Shakif Seymour, Toledo – did not play
• Todd Sibley, Pitt – unavailable
• Tre Siggers, North Texas – returned to action
• Jordon Simmons, Michigan St – not dressed
• Ronald Thompkins, Nebraska – dressed, did not appear to play
• Sean Tyler, WMU – out
• Kimano Vidal, Troy – inactive
• CJ Williams, Navy – out
• Kyren Williams, Notre Dame – played
• Marcus Williams, App State – played

WRs & TEs: Marlon Williams (UCF) and Ricky White (Michigan State) were unavailable, but returning to action were Jordan Addison (Pitt), Tarique Milton (Iowa State), KD Nixon (Colorado – season debut), Kyle Pitts (Florida), Skyy Moore (Western Michigan), and Jordan Whittington (Texas).

• Jordan Addison, Pitt – returned to action
• Javen Banks, Texas State – played after injury last week
• Slade Bolden, Alabama – played
• Ahmarean Brown, Georgia Tech – did not play
• Roderic Burns, North Texas – active
• Mychal Cooper, Navy – out
• Beau Corrales, UNC – dressed, did not appear to play
• Britain Covey, Utah – season debut
• TE Devin Culp, Washington – played
• Donald Demas, Texas A&M – unavailable
• TE Matt Dotson, Michigan State – not dressed
• Dylan Drummond, EMU – season debut
• Tray Eafford, Troy – inactive
• Jaylen Erwin, UCLA – unavailable
• TE Miller Forristall, Alabama – played
• TE Marshon Ford, Louisville – returned to action
• TE Trenton Gillison, Michigan State – unavailable
• Danny Gray, SMU – out
• Jaylen Hall, WMU – out
• DeMarcus Harris, Kentucky – played after injury last week
• Ed Hendrix, Syracuse – did not travel
• Delon Hurt, UCLA – unavailable
• Javon Ivory, Memphis – played after banged up last week
• Giles Jackson, Michigan – out
• Rakim Jarrett, Maryland – inactive
• Steve Jenkins, UNLV – did not play
• Jeshaun Jones, Maryland – inactive
• Dakereon Joyner, South Carolina – warmed up, did not appear to play
• Malik Knowles, Kansas State – returned to action
• Frank Ladson, Clemson – unavailable
• Peter LeBlanc, Louisiana – covid-related
• Braden Lenzy, Notre Dame – returned to action
• Jaivian Lofton, Liberty – returned to action
• Omar Manning, Nebraska – did not play
• Michael Mathison, Akron – returned to action
• Dyelan Miller, Arizona – unavailable
• Tarique Milton, Iowa State – returned to action
• Jonathan Mingo, Ole Miss – returned to action
• TE Collin Moore, Cal – unavailable
• Joshua Moore, Texas – played
• Skyy Moore, WMU – returned to action
• Tre Mosley, Michigan State – returned to action
• TE Nick Muse, South Carolina – played
• Samson Nacua, Utah – out
• KD Nixon, Colorado – season debut
• Trey Palmer, LSU – did not appear to play
• Mycah Pittman, Oregon – dressed, did not play
• TE Kyle Pitts, Florida – returned to action
• TE Justin Rigg, Kentucky – unavailable
• TE Gavin Sharp, UTSA – did not play
• Deonte Simpson, North Texas – active
• TE Ben Sims, Baylor – returned to action
• Osiris St Brown, Stanford – season debut
• Tyquan Thornton, Baylor – returned to action
• Jalen Virgil, App State – played after injury last week
• Tyler Walton, Ohio – season debut
• Jared Wayne, Pitt – returned to action
• TE Spencer Webb, Oregon – did not travel
• Ricky White, Michigan State – not dressed
• Jordan Whittington, Texas – returned to action
• TE Jared Wiley, Texas – played
• TK Williams, Kansas – returned to action
• Marlon Williams, UCF – unavailable
• CJ Yarbrough, Liberty – unavailable

On Thursday night there were several surprise absences in the New Mexico-Utah State game, as RB Jaylen Warren (Utah State) and WR Jordan Kress (New Mexico) were unavailable. QB Andrew Peasley got the start for Utah State, and QB Trae Hall started for New Mexico (but went down with an injury in the second half) as Tevaka Tuioti was again unavailable. In non-Thursday night game news, Oklahoma State reserve QB Shane Illingworth was reported to have tested positive for covid.

Not much news Friday outside of game action, but Utah State RB Jaylen Warren was reported to have left the team (did not play Thursday), joining the seeming exodus Utah State has experienced recently.

Player availability updates from Friday games will be on the Saturday full report (shared Sunday morning).

Injuries & Updates from November 26-27:

QBs:

• Trae Hall, New Mexico – started again on Thursday, injured in second half
• Shane Illingworth, Oklahoma State – has reportedly tested positive for covid and will be out this weekend
• Aidan O’Connell, Purdue – will not suit up this weekend, will need surgery at some point
• Andrew Peasley, Utah State – started after dismissal of Jason Shelley
• Tevaka Tuioti, New Mexico – did not travel, concussion protocol

RBs:

• Stephen Carr, USC – practiced Wed, expected to play
• Markese Stepp, USC – practiced Wed, expected to play
• Jaylen Warren, Utah State – unavailable Thursday night, on Friday was reported to have left the team

WRs & TEs:

• Jordan Kress, New Mexico – unavailable Thursday night

In Wednesday news Minnesota WR Rashod Bateman opted out of the rest of the season to prepare for the NFL draft. RB Alex Fontenot (Colorado) may miss the whole season while RB Devyn Ford’s (Penn State) status for this weekend is unclear. In WR news, KD Nixon (Colorado) sounds hopeful to play this weekend, but Clemson’s Joseph Ngata had abdominal surgery and will miss the rest of the regular season.

Injuries & Updates from November 25:

QBs:

• KJ Costello, Miss State – sounds doubtful for the rest of the season
• JaCobian Morgan, Syracuse – did not practice Tuesday
• Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA – availability this week is unclear

RBs:

• Tank Bigsby, Auburn – did not practice yesterday
• Alex Fontenot, Colorado – unlikely to play this year
• Devyn Ford, Penn State – still being evaluated and hope to hear from doctors on availability soon, but team is preparing to play without him this weekend
• Jawan King, Rice – enters transfer portal
• Dedrick Mills, Nebraska – has practiced this week, may be a gametime decision

WRs & TEs:

• Rashod Bateman, Minnesota – opts out again to prepare for the NFL draft
• Elijah Bowick, Virginia Tech – enters transfer portal
• Damon Hazelton, Missouri – healthy, just didn’t play much last week
• TE Zack Kuntz, Penn State – available this week
• Peter LeBlanc, Louisiana – not on depth chart
• Joseph Ngata, Clemson – had abdominal surgery, hopeful to return for postseason
• KD Nixon, Colorado – will likely be back this week

In Tuesday news Utah QB Cameron Rising was shared to be out for the season after a shoulder injury early in the game Saturday night. South Carolina and Kansas State are among teams with announced QB battles. Georgia Southern RB Wesley Kennedy was suspended indefinitely after a recent arrest and South Florida RB Johnny Ford is no longer part of the team. South Carolina WR Shi Smith is doubtful in concussion protocol and Rice WR Austin Trammell will be a gametime decision.

Injuries & Updates from November 24:

QBs:

• Jalon Daniels, Kansas – practiced last week and sounds expected to play after ankle injury in last game
• Cade Fortin, South Florida – practicing but not yet cleared
• Kansas State – QB1 Will Howard or Nick Ast
• Cade McNamara, Michigan – one of his teammates said he expects McNamara to start, do with that what you will
• Cameron Rising, Utah – done for the season after shoulder injury last weekend
• Shawn Robinson, Missouri – backup is still unavailable this week
• South Carolina – Luke Doty & Collin Hill splitting practice reps

RBs:

• Tank Bigsby, Auburn – remains questionable
• Christopher Brown, Cal – has a chance to play Friday
• Stephen Carr, USC – practiced yesterday
• Re’Mahn Davis, Temple – announces he will transfer to Vanderbilt
• Johnny Ford, South Florida – no longer on the roster
• Wesley Kennedy, Georgia Southern – suspended indefinitely after being arrested
• Markese Stepp, USC – practiced yesterday

WRs & TEs:

• Dakereon Joyner, South Carolina – practiced but limited
• Malik Knowles, Kansas State – back in the lineup this week
• Elijah Lilly, New Mexico – announces transfer to Idaho
• TE Nick Muse, South Carolina – didn’t practice today but is hopeful for Saturday
• Corey Reed, Louisville – opts out of the rest of the season
• Shi Smith, South Carolina – doubtful this weekend
• Austin Trammell, Rice – has not practiced this week, will be a GTD

In Monday QB news Purdue’s Jack Plummer was announced to be the starter again this week, while Alan Bowman will start for Texas Tech. In RB news, Notre Dame’s Kyren Williams and C’Bo Flemister and Vanderbilt’s Keyon Henry-Brooks are good to go this week. And for receivers, TE Kyle Pitts (Florida) is back this week, while WR Racey McMath (LSU) is doubtful this week and Temple WRs Branden Mack (thumb surgery) and Jadan Blue are out this week

List of Injuries & Updates from November 23 (or from Sunday where noted):

QBs:

• Trad Beatty, Temple – could be available in an emergency role
• Myles Brennan, LSU – will not play this week
• McKenzie Milton, UCF – a chance he could return this week
• JaCobian Morgan, Syracuse – still being evaluated after possible head injury on Friday
• Navy – Dalen Morris, Tyger Goslin & Xavier Arline in competition, with Morris and Goslin primary
• Nebraska – did not announce starter between Adrian Martinez & Luke McCaffrey
• Aidan O’Connell, Purdue – remains questionable this week
• Andrew Peasley, Utah State – will be back this week
• Jack Plummer, Purdue – will start again this week
• Anthony Russo, Temple – should return to practice Tuesday, described as questionable
• Zach Smith, Tulsa – day to day
• Texas Tech – Alan Bowman will start, Henry Colombi will also play
• Shai Werts, Georgia Southern – expected to be ready to play Saturday
• Tate Whatley, Southern Miss – shoulder strain, prognosis not good to play this week

RBs:

• Tank Bigsby, Auburn – described as questionable (Sunday)
• Dreke Clark, Memphis – day to day, could be GTD
• C’Bo Flemister, Notre Dame – ready to go this week
• Demetrious Flowers, Arizona State – enters transfer portal
• Keyon Henry-Brooks, Vanderbilt – expected to play this week
• Keaontay Ingram, Texas – questionable
• Wesley Kennedy, Georgia Southern – arrested on drug and weapon charges
• John Lovett, Baylor – will be back this week
• Chris Rodriguez, Kentucky – not on weekly depth chart
• Tayvon Ruley, Temple – out after shoulder injury
• Sean Tyler, Western Michigan – likely doubtful this week
• Kyren Williams, Notre Dame – ready to go this week

WRs & TEs:

• Jordan Addison, Pitt – hopeful but status unclear
• Justin Bellido, Boston College – enters transfer portal
• Jadan Blue, Temple – out again this week
• Slade Bolden, Alabama – out a day or two with sprained ankle, then evaluated
• TE Cade Brewer, Texas – probable
• Kam Brown, Texas A&M – will transfer to UCLA
• Beau Corrales, UNC – back practicing, gametime decision this week
• Danny Davis, Wisconsin – could return this week
• TE Josh Falo, USC – is back with the team after recently becoming a father (Sunday)
• TE Marshon Ford, Louisville – practicing and will be back this week
• Danny Gray, SMU – healthy and practicing
• Javon Ivory, Memphis – day to day, could be GTD
• Randle Jones, Temple – sounds doubtful to return this week
• Dakereon Joyner, South Carolina – questionable (Sunday)
• Xavier Legette, South Carolina – expected to be done for the season with injury (Sunday)
• Braden Lenzy, Notre Dame – expected to play this week
• Branden Mack, Temple – out after thumb surgery
• Noah Massey, Bowling Green – reported to be suspended indefinitely
• TE Nolan Matthews, Arizona State – announces he will transfer to SMU (Sunday)
• Racey McMath, LSU – currently out, “very doubtful” this week
• Joshua Moore, Texas – probable
• Skyy Moore, Western Michigan – practiced on Saturday
• TE Kyle Pitts, Florida – will be back this week
• Kendric Pryor, Wisconsin – could return this week
• TE Justin Rigg, Kentucky – not on weekly depth chart
• TE Gavin Sharp, UTSA – returns to depth chart
• TE Ben Sims, Baylor – will be back this week
• Shi Smith, South Carolina – is in concussion protocol (Sunday)
• Tyquan Thornton, Baylor – will be back this week
• TE Jared Wiley, Texas – probable
• CJ Yarbrough, Liberty – is in concussion protocol

Some of these 16 stats from Week 12 are just for trivia, but most are good to know as you look at fantasy trends/leaders across the season or for specific positions or teams.

Army QB Tyhier Tyler was the surprise starter on Saturday against Georgia Southern, and he made the most of the opportunity rushing 35 times for 121 yards. Tyler had the season-high for QB carries in a game.

Purdue WR Rondale Moore had 15/116-0 in his season debut. It was only the fifth time this season a player had 15+ receptions in a game, and 15 was a career-high for Moore, surpassing a 13 catch game in 2019.

On Saturday Penn State’s leading rusher was QB Will Levis with 15/34. On the season the 3 leading rushers after five games are (combined stats): QB Sean Clifford (64/182 – 2.8 avg), RB Devyn Ford (56/209 – 3.7 avg) and QB Will Levis (35/96 – 2.7 avg). They have lost some major RB pieces, but they can’t run the ball.

Amongst QBs with at least two games played, only 3 are averaging more than 75 rushing yards a game – Malik Willis, Liberty (93.0), Hendon Hooker, Virginia Tech (89.6), and Luke McCaffrey, Nebraska (79.5).

Pitt WR DJ Turner caught 15/184-1 on 20 targets last weekend. Turner has played in 9 games this season, in five of those games he has 12 yards receiving or less, and in two he has had 180+ yards.

Since volume matters, three players had 30+ rushing attempts this week – QB Tyheir Tyler, Army (35/121) RB Demetric Felton, UCLA (34/167) & RB Sincere McCormick, UTSA (32/173).

Western Michigan WR D’Wayne Eskridge had 4/212-3 receiving against CMU last week. It was the first time this season a MAC player had more than 140 yards receiving, and it was the first time this season a player from any conference had 200 yards receiving with fewer than 5 catches.

Wisconsin QB Graham Mertz has thrown for 23/41 and 12/22 in his last two games (combined – 35/63 – 55.6%) after having the near-perfect 20/21 game (95.2%) in the season opener.

Rice WR Austin Trammell had 6/116-1 receiving last weekend, and over 3 games this season has 16/335-6 combined, an average of 5.3 catches, 111.7 yards, and 2 TDs a game.

Indiana QB Michael Penix threw for 491-5 against Ohio State on Saturday. Penix is the only Indiana QB to throw for 400 yards and 5 TDs in a game since 2000. The last Indiana QB to throw for 400 yards was Richard Lagow in 2017.

UMass scored 2 points Friday against FAU, and has scored 12 total points in 3 games. After 3 games UMass leaders are: QB Will Koch (166 passing yards), RB Ellis Merriweather (100 rushing yards), and WR Samuel Emilus (81 receiving yards). Ouch.

Missouri RB Larry Rountree rushed for 21/58-1 against South Carolina. It was the 8th time this season a player had at least 20 rushing attempts with less than 60 rushing yards, and only the 5th time for a RB. The worst of any player this season was Hawaii QB Chevan Cordeiro with 20 attempts for 20 yards.

Georgia QB JT Daniels threw for 401-4 in his season debut. It was both the first 400 yard passing game and first 4 TD game of his career. His previous highs at USC in any game were 349 passing yards & 3 TDs (twice).

Buffalo RB Jarrett Patterson rushed for 31/304-4 last week, the first time a player rushed for 300 yards and 4 TDs since Arizona QB Khalil Tate’s wild 14/327-4 game in 2017.

Western Kentucky RB Gaej Walker ran for 17-127-1 against FIU. I was tough on Walker at the start of the season, when in his first five games he never had more than 38 yards rushing. But in his last five games he’s had 75+ yards four times, and is averaging 81 yards rushing a game.

Only 3 WRs are averaging 150 receiving yards per game – Romeo Doubs, Nevada (155.6), D’Wayne Eskridge, Western Michigan (152.3), and Elijah Moore, Ole Miss (150.6). No other receivers are averaging more than 130 yards per game.

I break down the injury news from this past weekend with notes on each player who may have been dealing with injuries.

A few notes about this list, being on it does not for sure mean a player is “injured”, but rather:

• They may have missed the game due to a known injury (ok, this does mean they are injured)
• They may have gone out of the game due to injury and not returned (sometimes with an official announcement from the team)
• They may have left the game but returned, or at least attempted to return (sometimes these guys end up banged up enough to miss future games)
• They may have had a vague twitter mention about possibly being injured or leaving a game, so it’s something on my radar

I’ll continue to post any updates I see during the week, those will be added to daily updates as well as the injury database.

If you are aware of a fantasy-relevant injury from this weekend that you don’t see here (or don’t see listed in the database), or think anything shared here is incomplete, please tag me on twitter with a link and let me know, thanks!

List of Potential Injury News from Saturday Nov 21 (unless noted):

• WR Javen Banks, Texas State – in the first half he went to the medical tent after catching a pass, in postgame the team did not yet know the full extent of the injury
• RB Tank Bigsby, Auburn – went to the medical tent in the first quarter with what may have been a hip injury after landing on his side, was seen riding an exercise bike on the sideline, came back in for a carry but was then done for the day. He was later said to have been ruled out for the game with a lower body injury. On Sunday night he was described as questionable.
• QB Seth Boomer, Tulsa – came in as a reserve after Zach Smith was hurt, he was hit throwing a pass near the end of the 3rd quarter on Thursday night and was taken off the field on a cart, in postgame his injury was said to appear “pretty significant”
• QB Max Bortenschlager, FIU – in the third quarter he went to the medical tent but after being evaluated came out without a helmet and did not return
• RB Rakeem Boyd, Arkansas – did not suit up for the game Saturday for what was speculated to be covid-related reasons
• RB Christopher Brown, Cal – a surprise scratch announced by the team in pregame, he was reported to have a nagging injury that had made him a gametime decision on pregame radio, so it is not covid-related
• RB Stephen Carr, USC – reported to have not practiced much last week, and was pulled early from the game after only one carry. On Sunday it was clarified that he took a knee to the back of the head.
• WR Britain Covey, Utah – reported to have suffered a minor injury in practice last week, warmed up pregame but did not play
• RB Devyn Ford, Penn State – he played the first drive of the game but did not appear to play again and did not come out for the second half, in postgame he was simply said to have “left with an injury”
• TE Pat Freiermuth, Penn State – was not dressed in pregame, then in postgame it was shared he will be having season-ending surgery for an injury suffered against Ohio State the previous week
• WR DeMarcus Harris, Kentucky – left the game in the first half and was reported to be out the rest of the game after taking a helmet to helmet hit on a pass attempt
• WR JJ Holloman, FIU – after a pass attempt in the 2nd quarter he went to the medical tent and did not appear to return
• RB Mohamed Ibrahim, Minnesota – in the 4th quarter on Friday night was seen holding his arm/hand on the sideline and did not play in late game series, in postgame he was said to have been banged up and he was held out by team trainers who were thinking long-term
• WR Javon Ivory, Memphis – in the second quarter he walked slowly to the sideline after laying down on the field injured, in the second half he was on the sideline without pads
• WR Racey McMath, LSU – in the 3rd quarter he hobbled to the training table after a non-contact injury on a deep route that appeared to reporters to possibly be a hamstring injury
• QB JaCobian Morgan, Syracuse – in the 3rd quarter on Friday night he took a hit on a sack, went to the medical tent, and was thought to have had a head injury/been in concussion protocol, there was a false report in-game that he had been taken to a hospital
• WR Skyy Moore, Western Michigan – surprisingly did not play on Wednesday night, after the game was started it was shared he had been banged up and suffered an injury in practice, but no further details
• QB Eli Peters, Toledo – in the 2nd quarter on Wednesday night he went to the locker room after being hit on a sack, he came out on crutches with ice on his left knee, although he was seen later in the game on the sideline walking around without crutches, which seems hopeful
• QB Cameron Rising, Utah – was knocked out of the game on a sack in the 2nd quarter with what one report said was a shoulder injury, he was not in pads on the sideline in the second half. Whether it be due to his injury or the play of QB Jake Bentley, the postgame comments were that Bentley looked like the QB going forward.
• RB Chris Rodriguez, Kentucky – reports came out on Friday night that Kentucky was dealing with Covid issues, and that Rodriguez was among those who would not be able to play.
• RB Tayvon Ruley, Temple – went down on a hit late in the 2nd quarter and did not appear to be on the sideline in the second half, in postgame he was said to have a shoulder injury that needed further assessment
• QB Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma State – left in the first quarter and was sitting on the training table without a helmet for a time with what was thought to possibly be concussion protocol and was held out, but then he surprisingly came back into the game in the second half after sitting out quite a while, so who knows what went on there.
• WR Shi Smith, South Carolina – in the first quarter he was crushed by two players on a passing route, he walked off slowly to the medical tent and then the locker room. He was later in street clothes and then in postgame was said to have been ruled out 5 minutes after the injury, is in concussion protocol, but looked “fine in the locker room”
• QB Zach Smith, Tulsa – left the game in the 2nd quarter on Thursday night and went to the locker room with an apparent torso/ribs injury, came back out to the sideline in uniform but was said to be unlikely to return and did not
• RB Markese Stepp, USC – did not dress for the game, and in postgame was shared to have had a pectoral strain and had practiced during the week but wasn’t able to go for the game
• QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA – late in the week reports came out that his status was in question for covid-related reasons. He tweeted out that he did not have covid but ultimately he and a number of other UCLA players were held out due to covid-related reasons, so he likely was in contact tracing
• RB Sean Tyler, Western Michigan – limped off in the 3rd quarter on Wednesday night, not putting any weight on his right leg after getting tackled awkwardly in a horse-collar type tackle, and did not return. He was later seen on crutches on the sideline.
• WR Jalen Virgil, App State – he was carted off the field before halftime and did not appear to return to the game
• QB Shai Werts, Georgia Southern – in the 4th quarter he went to the injury tent after getting tackled on a run. He returned to the game but from highlights I saw did not appear to be in on the last possession as time expired (QB Justin Tomlin was in).
• QB Tate Whatley, Southern Miss – in the 4th quarter he caught his own batted down pass and appeared to hurt his right shoulder getting hit
• WR Seth Williams, Auburn – in the 4th quarter after going for a deep ball he appeared to be injured and was checked by trainers. In postgame Williams said it was “a stinger” and “everything is good”.

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 November 21 (unless noted):

QBs: JT Daniels made his debut as a starter for Georgia, and Cameron Rising started Utah’s season-opener, although he gave way after an injury to Jake Bentley. Freshman walk-on Kamal Gray started for Temple when Matt Duncan was suspended at the last minute. Lucas Johnson made his first start of the season for San Diego State, and Chase Griffin started for UCLA with Dorian Thompson-Robinson sidelined for covid-related reasons. Gunnar Watson (Troy) returned to action on Saturday as well.

• Stetson Bennett, Georgia – dressed and warmed up, did not start
• Max Bortenschlager, FIU – started, left with injury
• KJ Costello, Miss State – not in warmups
• Rex Culpepper, Syracuse – warmed up but didn’t start, played as a reserve (Friday)
• Haaziq Daniels, Air Force – started (Friday)
• JT Daniels, Georgia – started in his season debut
• Matt Duncan, Temple – suspended for violation of team rules
• TJ Finley, LSU – started with Myles Brennan out
• Kamal Gray, Temple – freshman walk-on started
• Chase Griffin, UCLA – started with DTR out
• Jarrett Guarantano, Tennessee – kept starting job
• Trae Hall, New Mexico – started again with Tuioti out (Friday)
• Lucas Johnson, SDSU – first start of season
• Brian Maurer, Tennessee – did not travel, coach’s decision
• Joe Milton, Michigan – remained the starter
• Aidan O’Connell, Purdue – didn’t travel (Friday)
• Brandon Peters, Illinois – started
• Jack Plummer, Purdue – started (Friday)
• Spencer Rattler, Oklahoma – started after missing time last game
• Shawn Robinson, Missouri – inactive
• Anthony Russo, Temple – out as expected, covid
• Jack Sears, Boise State – did not travel
• Zac Thomas, App State – started after leaving game with injury last week
• Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA – covid-related
• Kevin Thomson, Washington – warmed up after absent last week
• Tevaka Tuioti, New Mexico – unavailable in concussion protocol (Friday)
• Tyhier Tyler, Army – started (was a surprise)
• Gunnar Watson, Troy – started
• Tate Whatley, Southern Miss – started as he returned to action, possible injury late

RBs: In the SEC Ja’Veon Marlow returned from suspension for Vanderbilt but Rakeem Boyd was a late scratch for Arkansas, as was Chris Rodriguez (Kentucky) for covid-related reasons. Sincere McCormick (UTSA) returned after a week away, and Arkansas State’s Marcel Murray returned after a long lay-off. Christopher Brown (Cal), Dedrick Mills (Nebraska), & Markese Stepp (USC) all did not play which were varying degrees of surprise.

• Oscar Adaway, North Texas – returned to action
• Kazmeir Allen, UCLA – covid-related
• Rakeem Boyd, Arkansas – unavailable
• Christopher Brown, Cal – unavailable
• Jesse Brown, Northwestern – out, wrist injury
• LD Brown, Oklahoma State – played after reported to be limited last game
• Ty Chandler, Tennessee – played after only one carry last game with ankle issue
• Marcus Crowley, Ohio State – available
• BJ Emmons, FAU – played (Friday)
• Garrett Groshek, Wisconsin – returned to action
• Isaac Guerendo, Wisconsin – inactive
• Hassan Hall, Louisville – returned to action (Friday)
• Keyon Henry-Brooks, Vanderbilt – unavailable
• George Holani, Boise State – did not travel
• Chubba Hubbard, Oklahoma State – played after being limited last game, but still looked limited
• Martell Irby, UCLA – covid-related
• Timothy Jackson, Air Force – unavailable (Friday)
• Keegan Jones, UCLA – covid-related
• Lopini Katoa, BYU – did not play
• Ja’Veon Marlow, Vanderbilt – played
• Demetrius Mauney, East Carolina – did not play
• Sincere McCormick, UTSA – returned to action
• Kenny McIntosh, Georgia – returned to action
• Dedrick Mills, Nebraska – inactive
• Marcel Murray, Arkansas State – returned to action for first time since Oct 10
• Jakari Norwood, Illinois – inactive
• Juma Otoviano, Rice – did not play, was on sideline
• Darius Pinnix, ECU – returned to action
• Treyson Potts, Minnesota – dressed but did not play (Friday)
• Kadin Remsberg, Air Force – unavailable (Friday)
• Chris Rodriguez, Kentucky – covid-related
• Todd Sibley, Pitt – inactive
• Tre Siggers, North Texas – did not play, was on sideline
• Markese Stepp, USC – not dressed
• Ky Thomas, Minnesota – arm in sling, unavailable (Friday)
• Ronald Thompkins, Nebraska – inactive
• Nathan Tilford, Arizona – unavailable

WRs & TEs: Rondale Moore of Purdue made his season debut on Friday night, and Tre Nixon (UCF) returned after being off since September with an injury. Among the bigger names who did not play were Jordan Addison (Pitt), Jadan Blue (Temple), Deonte Simpson (North Texas), Danny Davis (Wisconsin), TE Pat Freiermuth (Penn State) and Mycah Pittman (Oregon).

• Jordan Addison, Pitt – injury, not covid-related, was on sideline
• Tutu Atwell, Louisville – returned to action (Friday)
• TE Dylan Autenrieth, NC State – returned to action
• TE John Bates, Boise State – played
• Jadan Blue, Temple – not dressed
• Devin Boddie, Vanderbilt – dressed
• Jalen Brooks, South Carolina – played after back spasms in practice this week
• Roderic Burns, North Texas – unavailable
• Maliq Carr, Purdue – did not play (Friday)
• Brian Casteel, Arizona – season debut
• Danny Davis, Wisconsin – out
• Drew Dixon, Arizona – season debut
• Jack Dunn, Wisconsin – returned to action
• Emeke Emezie, NC State – played after dinged up last week
• Jaylen Erwin, UCLA – covid-related
• Octavius Evans, Boise State – did not travel
• Evan Fairs, Virginia Tech – inactive
• TE Miller Forristall, Alabama – DNP, sprained ankle
• TE Brandon Frazier, Auburn – season debut
• TE Pat Freiermuth, Penn State – not dressed, needs season-ending surgery
• TE Marshon Ford, Louisville – unavailable (Friday)
• Clay Geary, Minnesota – not dressed (Friday)
• Jaylen Harris, Ohio State – unavailable
• Jadon Haselwood, Oklahoma – not warm up
• TE Jake Hausmann, Ohio State – unavailable
• Ed Hendrix, Syracuse – did not travel
• Berkeley Holman, Northwestern – available
• Delon Hurt, UCLA – covid-related
• TE Daniel Imatorbhebhe, Illinois – inactive
• Shedrick Jackson, Auburn – returned to action
• Randle Jones, Temple – out
• TE Hunter Kampmoyer, Oregon – season debut
• Malik Knowles, Kansas State – inactive
• TE Zack Kuntz, Penn State – not dressed
• TE Bruno Labelle, Cinci – dressed and warmed up
• Xavier Legette, South Carolina – not in warmups
• Jaivian Lofton, Liberty – did not play
• Taysir Mack, Pitt – returned to action
• Omar Manning, Nebraska – not dressed
• Jimmy Marshall, MTSU – inactive
• TE Cam McCormick, Oregon – dressed, did not appear to play
• Dyelan Miller, Arizona – unavailable
• Tarique Milton, Iowa State – not dressed
• TE James Mitchell, Virginia Tech – played
• TE Briley Moore, Kansas State – returned to action
• TE Collin Moore, Cal – unavailable
• TE Griffin Moore, Illinois – returned from covid
• Rondale Moore, Purdue – season debut (Friday)
• Tre Nixon, UCF – returned to action for first time since Sept 19th
• Trey Palmer, LSU – not dressed
• George Pickens, Georgia – returned to action
• Mycah Pittman, Oregon – unavailable
• TE Kyle Pitts, Florida – out
• TE Tony Poljan, Virginia – played after banged up last week
• Kendrick Pryor, Wisconsin – out
• Abdur Rahmaan-Yaseen, Purdue – unavailable (Friday)
• TE Justin Rigg, Kentucky – unavailable
• TE Gavin Sharp, UTSA – did not play
• Jyaire Shorter, North Texas – unavailable
• Trevon Sidney, Illinois – inactive
• Deonte Simpson, North Texas – unavailable
• TE Brevyn Spann-Ford, Minnesota – boot on foot Friday, unavailable
• Marquis Spiker, Washington – unavailable
• TE Austin Stogner, Oklahoma – not dressed, injury
• TE Khameron Taylor, Indiana – active
• Yusuf Terry, Baylor – opts out of the rest of the season
• Dayton Wade, Western Kentucky – did not play
• Tylan Wallace, Oklahoma State – played
• Jared Wayne, Pitt – covid-related
• TE Spencer Webb, Oregon – dressed
• TE Carter Wheat, BYU – returned to action
• TE Brayden Willis, Oklahoma – returned to action