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In Tuesday MACtion Miami OH QB Brett Gabbert, Akron QB Kato Nelson, and Bowling Green RB Andrew Clair & Miami OH RB Davion Johnson did not play. Boise State RB George Holani is doubtful again this week, while Stanford QB Davis Mills status is still unclear.

List of Injuries & Updates from November 10:

QBs:

• Brennan Armstrong, Virginia – feeling good, plans to wear knee brace
• Stetson Bennett, Georgia – not able to throw in practice yet
• JT Daniels, Georgia – most first team snaps in practice Tuesday
• LaBronz Davis, Bowling Green – unavailable Tuesday night
• Brett Gabbert, Miami, Ohio – did not play Tuesday night
• Davis Mills, Stanford – status still uncertain, covid-related
• Kato Nelson, Akron – did not travel for Tuesday night game, broadcast said he “might be back this year”

RBs:

• Leddie Brown, West Virginia – status is still to be evaluated after being limited with an injury last weekend
• Andrew Clair, Bowling Green – not dressed for Tuesday night game
• Dylan Downing, UNLV – transfer portal
• George Holani, Boise State – reportedly doubtful to play Thursday
• Keaontay Ingram, Texas – expected to also miss Nov 21 game
• Davion Johnson, Miami (OH) – did not play Tuesday night

WRs & TEs:

• Jerome Buckner, Ohio – returned to action Tuesday night
• Randle Jones, Temple – out this week
• Ryan King, Georgia Tech – out for season, injury
• TE Lucas Krull, Pitt – still not practicing, unclear if will return this season
• Michael Mathison, Akron – did not appear to play Tuesday night
• TE Daniel Parker, Missouri – questionable
• AT Perry, Wake Forest – listed on the depth chart this week after missing time
• Alec Pierce, Cincinnati – expected back Friday but unclear to what extent
• Makiya Tongue, Georgia – has been out with a hamstring injury
• TE Samuel Wheeler, Kansas State – out for the season with a fractured clavicle
• Jordan Whittington, Texas – hopeful to return to practice this Sunday

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On Monday came news that LSU QB Myles Brennan was ruled out this week while Temple QB Anthony Russo should return to practice Tuesday. Georgia, Kentucky, Nebraska, South Carolina and UAB all appear to have QB battles going on. Baylor’s leading rusher, RB Craig Williams is out for the season, and Georgia Southern RB JD King appears likely to be.

UCF WR Tre Nixon returned to practice last week and will continue to be evaluated later this week, but Nevada WR Elijah Cooks was confirmed to be having season-ending shoulder surgery.

List of Injuries & Updates from November 9 (or from Sunday where noted):

QBs:

• Jack Abraham, Southern Miss – should return this week
• Trad Beatty, Temple – out this week
• Stetson Bennett, Georgia – day to day
• Myles Brennan, LSU – is out this week
• Jalon Daniels, Kansas – should be able to practice this week after injury late last weekend (off this week)
• Georgia – QB1 is open after Stetson Bennett injury
• Jarrett Guarantano, Tennessee – day to day with head injury
• Kentucky – starter Terry Wilson OR Joey Gatewood on depth chart
• Devin Leary, NC State – could possibly return for postseason
• Graham Mertz, Wisconsin – starting process of returning, should be able to practice, will have to see if can be ready
• LSU – TJ Finley reported to be the only scholarship QB available
• Nebraska – QB1 battle between Adrian Martinez and Luke McCaffrey
• New Mexico – Tevaka Tuioti is out this week in concussion protocol, Trae Hall will start
• Brandon Peters, Illinois – on track to return for Nov 21 game
• Spencer Rattler, Oklahoma – “fine”, a bruise
• Anthony Russo, Temple – will return to practice tomorrow
• South Carolina – QB position is open to all 3 QBs (Collin Hill, Ryan Hilinski, & Luke Doty) and who practices the best will play (Sunday)
• UAB – QB starter between Tyler Johnston and Bryson Lucero will be determined by practice

RBs:

• Josh Berry, South Florida – enters transfer portal after opting out
• Ra’Von Bonner, Illinois – enters transfer portal after opting out
• Max Borghi, Washington State – is still “unavailable at the moment”
• Demetric Felton, UCLA – will practice Monday after injury last weekend
• Alex Fontenot, Colorado – out indefinitely
• Daetrich Harrington, App State – to be evaluated after taking some hard hits last weekend
• Khalil Herbert, Virginia Tech – unclear if able to play this week
• Lopini Katoa, BYU – injury is not season-ending, hopeful for 11-21 (off this week)
• Wesley Kennedy, Georgia Southern – expected to play Saturday
• JD King, Georgia Southern – knee, will have MRI, could be out for season
• John Lovett, Baylor – expected back this week
• Kendall Milton, Georgia – out 3-4 weeks with MCL sprain
• Don Ragsdale, Southern Miss – no longer with the program
• Julian Ross, Ohio – unlikely to play again this week
• Trey Sanders, Alabama – reportedly expected to miss the rest of the season due to injuries from car accident
• Isaiah Spiller, Texas A&M – good to go
• Craig “Sqwirl” Williams, Baylor -out for season with ACL, MCL injuries

WRs & TEs:

• Jackson Anthrop, Purdue – making progress after shoulder surgery but still a ways off
• Jerome Buckner, Ohio – unlikely to play again this week
• Elijah Cooks, Nevada – confirmed to be having season-ending shoulder surgery
• Beau Corrales, UNC – out again this week
• Frank Darby, Arizona State – hopeful to return this week
• TE Beau Johnson, Georgia Southern – ankle, out 4-6 weeks
• TE Hunter Kampmoyer, Oregon – likely unavailable again
• Malik Knowles, Kansas State – suffered injury last weekend, not expected to miss significant time
• LSU – reports they have no TEs available this week due to covid reasons
• Frank Ladson, Clemson – out a few weeks (foot)
• Braden Lenzy, Notre Dame – will test hamstring this week
• TE Cam McCormick, Oregon – likely unavailable again
• Javon McKinley, Notre Dame – should be ok after head evaluation caused him to miss time near the end of the Clemson game
• TE Briley Moore, Kansas State – hopeful for next week game (off this week)
• KD Nixon, Colorado – day to day, close to full speed
• Tre Nixon, UCF – returned to practice last week, will be evaluated at the end of the week
• Kyle Philips, UCLA – will practice Monday after injury last weekend
• TE Kyle Pitts, Florida – described as questionable
• Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint, Georgia – out for season after injury Saturday
• TE Ben Sims, Baylor – expected back this week
• Tyler Smith, Western Kentucky – enters transfer portal
• Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Iowa – listed as starter on depth chart after serving suspension last week
• TE Austin Stogner, Oklahoma – “fine”
• Tyquan Thornton, Baylor – expected back this week
• Tyler Walton, Ohio – unlikely to play again this week
• TE Spencer Webb, Oregon – likely unavailable again
• TE Samuel Wheeler, Kansas State – suffered injury last weekend, not expected to miss significant time
• TE Brayden Willis, Oklahoma – tweeted “see y’all in Bedlam”, hinting he may be expect to be ready to play for the Nov 21 game (off this week), team says he is very close to returning

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Some of these 16 stats from Week 10 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. Since teams have played such an uneven number of games, this week I have a few conference-specific stats.

Minnesota RB Mohamed Ibrahim ran for 30/224-4 on Saturday (the only player to rush for 200 yards this week). Rushing for 200 yards and 4 TDs has only happened four times this season, and Ibrahim has two of those four, Najee Harris (Alabama) and Daetrich Harrington (App State) have the other two.

Florida QB Kyle Trask threw for 474-4 last weekend. He has thrown for 4+ TDs in all five of Florida’s game this season. Second in the nation with four 4 TD passing games are Dillon Gabriel (UCF), and Brady White (Memphis). As a point of reference, in 2019 the only QBs with more than five 4-TD passing games were Joe Burrow (LSU) with 9, and Anthony Gordon (Wash St) and Tua Tagovailoa (Alabama) with 6.

Last weekend 5 players had 200+ receiving yards, this week no one crossed the 200 yard mark. East Carolina WR Blake Proehl was the week 10 leader with 182 yards on 13 receptions.

Clemson WR Cornell Powell caught 6/161-1 this weekend against Notre Dame, while going for 11/105-0 last weekend. His previous career high prior to the last two weeks was 50 yards despite being at Clemson since 2016. What changed? – Well in part Clemson has dealt with a number of WR injuries this season, but the real answer – QB DJ Uiagalelei has started the last two weeks and the two appear to have a connection. It will be interesting to see Powell’s production when Trevor Lawrence returns.

Colorado RB Jarek Broussard, filling in for an injured Alex Fontenot, ran for 31/187-3 this week. Last season 180 yards and 3 TDs rushing only happened twice in the Pac-12, both times by Oregon’s CJ Verdell.

Since volume matters, 3 RBs had 31 carries, the high total of the week – Jarek Broussard, Colorado (31/187-3), Breece Hall, Iowa State (31/133-2), and Eric Gray, Tennessee (31/123-1).

Washington State RB Deon McIntosh rushed for 18/144-1 filling in for an injured Max Borghi. The last time a Washington State player rushed for more than 140 yards was RB Dwight Tardy in 2007.

Miami QB D’Eriq King threw for 430 yards and 5 TDS and rushed for 105 yards against NC State on Saturday. The last QB to pass for 400-5 and rush for 100 – also D’Eriq King, playing for Houston in 2018. Consider me impressed.

Only four QBs in conferences that debuted last week (MAC & PAC-12) had 300 yard passing games – Kedon Slovis, USC (381), Tristan Gebbia, Oregon State (329), Drew Plitt, Ball State (309), & Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA (303).

Of the 474 yards Florida threw for on Saturday, 212 yards were to RBs – Dameon Pierce 2/41, Malik Davis 5/100 (team’s leading receiver Saturday), Nay’quan Wright 3/71 – 10 total catches by RBs for an average of 21.2 yards a reception.

Tulane RB Cameron Carroll ran for 6/129-2 last weekend, giving him 10 rushing TDs on the season. Carroll is one of only 10 players this season who already have 10 rushing TDs, but is averaging the lowest carries per game (11.25) of any of those players. With 90 rushing attempts on the season, Carroll is scoring a TD on 11% of his carries. Of those with 10 rushing TDs, UNC RB Javonte Williams has the best TD/carry ratio, scoring 14 TDs on 107 attempts, or 13% of the time.

The SEC player with the most 100 rushing yard games this season – Isaiah Spiller, Texas A&M with four – tied with three games are Tank Bigsby (Auburn), Eric Gray (Tennessee), Kevin Harris (South Carolina), and Najee Harris (Alabama).

Nevada QB Carson Strong threw for 36/52-411-3 in week 10. Including going back into last season, he has now thrown for 350+ yards in 5 straight games. Yes I shared this last week as well when he had 4 in a row, but this is fairly impressive, only 6 players have 3 or more 350 yard passing games this season (Strong has 3).

TCU QB Max Duggan passed for 73 yards, while rushing for 19/154-3 against Texas Tech. While Duggan is thought of by most as a dual threat, it was only the second game of his career rushing for more than 100 yards, topping a 115 yard game last season. But the 73 yards passing this weekend was the 3rd lowest total of his 18 game career at TCU.

Only one school has two different players with 13 receptions in a game this season – East Carolina WR Blake Proehl had 13 this week, while ECU WR Tyler Snead had 16 catches a week ago, which was the season-high for any player.

Of players with more than one game played, Nevada WR Romeo Doubs is leading the nation in receiving yards per game with 157.7, and Purdue WR David Bell is leading the nation in receptions per game with 11.0.

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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 7 (unless noted):

• QB Trad Beatty, Temple – injured on a sack late in the 2nd quarter, he came back out for the second half in street clothes and in postgame was simply said to be “out”
• QB Stetson Bennett, Georgia – went to the locker room in the first quarter but returned to action, was eventually replaced in the second half with what was described in postgame as an AC shoulder sprain
• RB Max Borghi, Washington State – reports came out earlier in the day Saturday that Borghi would not play, with reporter sources saying it was a back injury suffered in practice
• RB Isaiah Bowser, Northwestern – was announced in pregame to be out Saturday, reports from the broadcast were that he had a pectoral injury, with additional reports that the injury was not thought to be serious
• RB LD Brown, Oklahoma State – pregame reports were that he would not play but he ended up getting game action (15 carries), in postgame it was said he did not practice much the previous week
• RB Leddie Brown, West Virginia – in postgame was described as having gotten “dinged up” early in the game which may have limited his touches
• RB Ty Chandler, Tennessee – had only one carry early in the game and was seen walking off awkwardly, in postgame it was shared that he has been playing through an ankle injury
• WR Stefan Cobbs, Boise State – left the game in the 4th quarter on Friday night, appeared to get rolled up on
• QB Jalon Daniels, Kansas – in the 4th quarter got knocked out of the game on a sack with a defender landing on his leg (after being sacked nine times). He was helped off the field putting no weight on his left side and in postgame Les Miles said Daniels told him “it was feeling better”.
• WR Frank Darby, Arizona State – in the first quarter he went to the medical tent then locker room, was expected to be further evaluated at half but did not return to action, he was said to have an apparent abdomen/rib injury
• QB Brett Gabbert, Miami (OH) – left the game in the 2nd quarter Wednesday night on a helmet to helmet hit, was helped off the field and the team announced mid-game he would not return. The backup QB AJ Mayer said Gabbert was alert at halftime and not in the “dark room”, but the team did not have an immediate postgame update. Gabbert is atop the depth chart coming into this week’s early game which is not necessarily an indication of his availability, but is better than being removed.
• RB Frank Gore, Jr – Southern Miss – in postgame it was shared that he left the game early with turf toe
• WR Dahu Green, Arkansas State – casually mentioned in a pregame injury tweet was news Green would be out for the season with a knee (PCL) injury
• QB Jarrett Guarantano, Tennessee – was hit on a QB run in the 3rd quarter, went to the locker room and was shared by the broadcast to be out the rest of the game with a head injury
• RB Rahjai Harris, East Carolina – in the 3rd quarter he walked to the locker room with medical staff, a beat writer clarified for me that he did return to the game
• RB Khalil Herbert, Virginia Tech – left after the opening kickoff with a hamstring injury, in postgame it was shared that he had been dealing with a hamstring issue for a while leading up to the game
• RB Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma State – only had six carries and in postgame Mike Gundy shared that Hubbard had not practiced much the prior week
• WR Calvin Jackson, Washington State – in the 3rd quarter needed to be helped off the field with an apparent leg injury, did not appear to return. On Sunday he tweeted that “I will be fine” which seems positive.
• TE Brevin Jordan, Miami – earlier in the week was said to be healthy after dealing with a shoulder injury that caused him to miss time, but was a pre-game scratch on Friday night for what was reported to be covid-related reasons
• RB Lopini Katoa, BYU – in the 4th quarter on Friday night he got bent awkwardly on a tackle and was helped off, some postgame reports suggested it may be a high ankle sprain
• RB Wesley Kennedy, Georgia Southern – the team’s twitter reported he was sidelined with a mouth/tooth injury in the first half and was questionable to return, he was seen with an ice-pack on his face on the sideline.
• RB JD King, Georgia Southern – the team announced in the 2nd quarter that he was out for the rest of the game with a left knee injury, and he was seen out of uniform on crutches
• RB Kendall Milton, Georgia – went down in the third quarter and was taken to the locker room, in postgame it was shared he has a slight MCL sprain
• WR Joshua Moore, Texas – in the fourth quarter he was said to be questionable to return, and in postgame it was shared that he has an AC shoulder sprain
• TE Kyle Pitts, Florida – took a vicious targeting hit to the head in the 2nd quarter, went to the locker room and did not return to the game in what was assumed to be concussion protocol
• RB Treyson Potts, Minnesota – in the 2nd quarter he was carted off the field with a lower leg injury and did not return
• QB Spencer Rattler, Oklahoma – in the 2nd quarter was favoring his left hip/ribs area after a QB run, returned to the game but eventually gave way to Tanner Mordecai when the game was a blowout in the second half, in postgame he was said to be “a little sore” and have a bruise, and on a Sunday coach’s show described as “fine”
• WR Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint, Georgia – was carted off in the first quarter with an air cast, was seen later in the game on the sideline with crutches and a cast
• QB Anthony Russo, Temple – was said to be out leading up to the game, but when QB Trad Beatty was injured Russo suited up at halftime to be an emergency-only QB, he did not get into the game
• QB Jack Sears, Boise State – starting in place of Hank Bachmeier on Friday night, he took what looked like a helmet to helmet hit on a QB run and went to the medical tent and locker room, he returned to the sideline but was not wearing his helmet and did not return to the game (Boise doesn’t offer in-game injury updates but concussion protocol seems likely)
• RB Trey Sermon, Ohio State – left after a long run in the 4th quarter after his head appeared to hit the turf, he walked off and went to the injury tent. On Sunday a reporter source said that Sermon was fine and shouldn’t miss any time.
• RB Isaiah Spiller, Texas A&M – limped off after a run in the 3rd quarter and went to the medical tent, it was shared in postgame that he was held out for precautionary reasons (in a blowout) and could have returned
• QB Nick Starkel, San Jose State – got wrapped up on a tackle in the 1st quarter on Friday night and appeared to hit his head on the turf. He left the game for the medical tent then locker room, and returned to the sideline in the first half not in uniform in what was assumed to have been concussion protocol
• TE Austin Stogner, Oklahoma – took a hit going over the middle on a catch in the second quarter, was looked at by trainers and seen trying to walk off an apparent leg injury on the sideline. He tried to come out for the second half but went back to the locker room again. On a Sunday coach’s show he was described as “fine”.
• QB Jordan Travis, Florida State – apparently was injured (undisclosed) in the second quarter as James Blackman started the second half and Travis was later seen in street clothes on the sideline
• QB Tevaka Tuioti, New Mexico – in the 4th quarter was hit on the head and left the game on an apparent helmet to helmet hit a on QB run in what one reporter thought was a likely concussion
• WR Tylan Wallace, Oklahoma State – in pregame reports came out he had suffered a minor injury (tweaked muscle) in practice and would not play, he was seen warming up in pregame and apparently played one snap on the hands team for an onside kick (according to reporters) but otherwise did not play
• RB Craig “Sqwirl” Williams, Baylor – injured his left leg in the 2nd quarter going down after a run and did not return. In postgame Dave Aranda said “the diagnosis is not promising”.

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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 November 7 (unless noted):

QBs: Davis Mills (Stanford) was a surprise scratch for covid-related reasons, while KJ Costello (Miss State), Jack Abraham (Southern Miss), and Rex Culpepper (Syracuse) also did not play. Kenny Pickett surprised as he was back in action to start for Pitt.

• Jack Abraham, Southern Miss – not dressed
• Hank Bachmeier, Boise State – unavailable (Friday)
• Trad Beatty, Temple – started, injured
• James Blackman, FSU – played as a reserve after missing a game
• KJ Costello, Miss State – unavailable, injury
• Rex Culpepper, Syracuse – not dressed, injury
• Jalon Daniels, Kansas – started
• Cade Fortin, USF – unavailable, injury
• Jacob Free, Troy – started
• Noah Johnson, USF – started
• Trevor Lawrence, Clemson – out
• Trey Lowe, Southern Miss – started
• JaCobian Morgan, Syracuse – started
• Davis Mills, Stanford – out, covid-related
• Brandon Peters, Illinois – out, covid
• Kenny Pickett, Pitt – started
• Matt Robinson, Illinois – out, injury
• Will Rogers, Miss State – started
• Anthony Russo, Temple – did not play, suited up 2nd half after Beatty was injured but was for emergency only (shoulder)
• Jack Sears, Boise State – started again, injured early (Friday)
• Tyler Shough, Oregon – started
• Coran Taylor, Illinois – started
• DJ Uiagalelei, Clemson – started
• Tyler Vitt, Texas State – started
• Gunnar Watson, Troy – out, injury
• Jack West, Stanford – started
• Tate Whatley, Southern Miss – not dressed
• Isaiah Williams, Illinois – unavailable, covid protocol

RBs: Among the bigger surprises were Max Borghi (Washington State) and Isaiah Bowser (Northwestern) not playing. Johnny Ford (South Florida) and Velton Gardner (Kansas) also did not suit up Saturday. Sean Tucker (Syracuse) was back in action.

• Max Borghi, Washington State – did not play, injury
• Isaiah Bowser, Northwestern – not dressed, injury
• LD Brown, Oklahoma State – was said to be unavailable in pregame but played
• Marcus Crowley, Ohio State – unavailable
• David Ellis, Indiana – dressed but listed as inactive
• BJ Emmons, FAU – returned to action
• Darrian Felix, USF – unavailable
• Tayon Fleet-Davis, Maryland – unavailable
• Alex Fontenot, Colorado – out
• Johnny Ford, South Florida – out
• Velton Gardner, Kansas – unavailable
• George Holani, Boise State – unavailable (Friday)
• Keaontay Ingram, Texas – out, injury
• Keshawn King, Virginia Tech – unavailable
• John Lovett, Baylor – did not travel
• Vavae Malepeai, USC – played
• Jo’quavious Marks, Miss State – played
• Ja’Veon Marlow, Vanderbilt – suspended for violation of team rules
• Demetrius Mauney, East Carolina – did not play
• Kenny McIntosh, Georgia – dressed, did not appear to play
• Chez Mellusi, Clemson – played
• Kendre Miller, TCU – played
• Marcel Murray, Arkansas State – did not play
• Trent Pennix, NC State – not listed as unavailable (Friday)
• Ricky Person, NC State – returned to action (Friday)
• Todd Sibley, Pitt – did not travel
• Danny Smith, Boise State – did not play (Friday)
• Markese Stepp, USC – played
• Ronald Thompkins, Nebraska – not in warm ups
• Sean Tucker, Syracuse – played
• Xavier White, Texas Tech – returned to action
• RB Anthony Williams, Michigan St – dressed

WRs & TEs: In pregame it was revealed that Dahu Green (Arkansas State) was out for the season. Jadon Haselwood (Oklahoma) made his season debut, while Charleston Rambo (Oklahoma) was also back in action after missing a game for covid protocols, and TJ Vasher for Texas Tech also returned to the field. KD Nixon (Colorado) did not dress, while Taysir Mack (Pitt) did not travel.

• Shadeed Ahmed, Marshall – unavailable
• Lawrence Arnold, Kansas – unavailable
• TE Dylan Autenrieth, NC State – inactive (Friday)
• Jose Barbon, Temple – unavailable
• TE Jaheim Bell, South Carolina – warmed up, did not appear to play
• Devin Boddie, Vanderbilt – did not travel
• Beau Corrales, UNC – out, injury
• Brayden Cosper, BYU – available (Friday)
• TE Matt Dotson, Michigan St – not dressed
• Octavius Evans, Boise State – unavailable (Friday)
• Ethan Fernea, UCLA – unavailable
• Noah Frith, Liberty – returned to action
• Brandon Gray, Washington State – inactive
• Danny Gray, SMU – returned to action
• Dahu Green, Arkansas State – out for season
• Jaylen Harris, Ohio State – unavailable
• Jadon Haselwood, Oklahoma – season debut
• Keanu Hill, BYU – unavailable (Friday)
• Berkeley Holman, Northwestern – unavailable
• Theo Howard, Oklahoma – initially not seen in warmups but did play
• JJ Jefferson, Northwestern – available
• Beau Johnson, Georgia Southern – unavailable, injury
• Willie Johnson, Marshall – returned to action
• TE Brevin Jordan, Miami – inactive, covid-related (Friday)
• Kerby Joseph, Illinois – available
• Talik Keaton, Marshall – unavailable
• TE Ko Kieft, Minnesota – not dressed
• TE Bruno Labelle, Cinci – unavailable, injury
• Frank Ladson, Clemson – did not appear to play
• Matt Landers, Georgia – returned to action
• Riley Lees, Northwestern – played
• Braden Lenzy, Notre Dame – out, injury
• Jaivian Lofton, Liberty – did not play
• Taysir Mack, Pitt – did not travel
• Omar Manning, Nebraska – season debut
• McLane Mannix, Texas Tech – did not appear to play
• Miles Marshall, Indiana – returned to action
• TE David Martin-Robinson, Temple – warmed up, available
• TE Jacob Mathis, USF – unavailable
• Cornelius McCoy, Georgia State – returned to action
• TE Cam McCormick, Oregon – not dressed
• Tarique Milton, Iowa State – did not play
• TE James Mitchell, Virginia Tech – did not play
• Briley Moore, Kansas State – out, injury
• Tre Mosley, Michigan State – not dressed
• TE Keveon Mullins, South Carolina – unavailable
• KD Nixon, Colorado – not dressed
• Obi Obialo, Oklahoma – unavailable
• George Pickens, Georgia – did not travel
• Alec Pierce, Cincinnati – unavailable, injury
• Charleston Rambo, Oklahoma – returned to action
• Michael Redding, Miami – inactive (Friday)
• Dalton Rigdon, Texas Tech – dressed, did not appear to play
• Brenden Schooler, Texas – returned to action
• La’Vontae Shenault, Colorado – 1 game suspension
• Jah’Marae Sheread, Texas State – returned to action
• Trevon Sidney, Illinois – out
• TE Ben Sims, Baylor – did not travel
• Jeremy Singleton, Houston – played
• Arian Smith, Georgia – dressed, did not appear to play
• Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Iowa – suspended
• Keyshawn Smith, Miami – inactive (Friday)
• JD Spielman, TCU – out
• Marquez Stevenson, Houston – did not play
• TE Jack Stoll, Nebraska – unavailable, injury
• TE Khameron Taylor, Indiana – unavailable
• Tamorrion Terry, Florida State – returned to action
• Broc Thompson, Marshall – out
• Tyquan Thornton, Baylor – did not travel, injury
• TJ Vasher, Texas Tech – returned to action
• Jalen Virgil, App State – returned to action
• Dayton Wade, Western Kentucky – did not play
• Tylan Wallace, Oklahoma State – unavailable (did play on “hands” special team)
• Connor Wedington, Stanford – out, covid-related, contact tracing
• TE Spencer Webb, Oregon – dressed, did not appear to play
• TE Carter Wheat, BYU – unavailable (Friday)
• Takulve Williams, Kansas – not on unavailable list but did not appear to play
• TE Brayden Willis, Oklahoma – unavailable

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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 Nov. 4-7.

• 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

Wednesday November 4:

Akron depth chart (PROJECTED – consider this very rough):

• QB: Kato Nelson (1820-11) returner from last year but reports there was competition in camp with Zach Gibson (425-1) and TJ Deshields (22-0)
• RB: Michiah Burton (117-1) – I honestly have no idea here
• WRs: Nate Stewart (37/529), Jeremiah Knight (31/430), Timothy Scippio (12/221)
• TE: Maverick Wolfley (5/68)

Ball State depth chart:

• QB: Drew Plitt (2918-24)
• RB: Caleb Huntley (1275-12)
• FB: Cody Rudy
• WRs: Antwan Davis (38/516), Justin Hall (61/684), Yo’Heinz Tyler (27/504)
• TE: Dylan Koch

Bowling Green depth chart:

• QB: Matt McDonald (Boston College transfer)
• RB: Andrew Clair (244-4)
• WRs: Tyrone Broden, Julian Ortega-Jones (20/298)
• TEs: Presley Motes (2/4), Quintin Morris (55/649)

Buffalo depth chart:

• QB: Kyle Vantrease (1193-8) OR Matt Myers (602-6)
• RB: Jaret Patterson (1799-19), RB2: Kevin Marks (1035-8)
• WRs: Antonio Nunn (49/687), Dominic Johnson (6/46) OR Bernard Porter, Jovany Ruiz
• TE: Zac Lefebvre (21/235)

Central Michigan depth chart (PROJECTED):

• QB: Daniel Richardson (1-0), David Moore not yet cleared
• RB: Kobe Lewis (1074-12)
• WRs: Kalil Pimpleton (82/894), JaCorey Sullivan (57/808), Tyrone Scott (37/650)
• TE: Joel Wilson (1/7), Hunter Buczkowski – have seen reports that Bernhard Raimann has moved to the offensive line

Eastern Michigan depth chart:

• QB: Preston Hutchinson (462-3)
• RB: Darius Boone (5-0)
• WRs: Quian Williams (52/661), Hassan Beydoun (30/349), Dylan Drummond (55/493)
• TE: Thomas Odukoya (3/16)

Kent State depth chart:

• QB: Dustin Crum (2625-20, 707-6)
• RB: Marquez Cooper OR Xavier Williams (393-4)
• WRs: Keshunn Abram (8/97) OR Dante Cephas (4/19), Ja’Shaun Poke (3/30) OR Isaac Vance OR Luke Floriea, Isaiah McKoy (56/872)
• TE: Adam Dulka (7/57)

Miami (OH) depth chart:

• QB: Brett Gabbert (2411-11)
• RB: Davion Johnson (172-2)
• WRs: James Burns, Jalen Walker (24/418), Jack Sorenson (44/568)
• TE: Adam Mehelic

Northern Illinois depth chart:

• QB: Ross Bowers (2130-7)
• RB: Erin Collins
• WRs: Cole Tucker (38/531), Tyrice Richie (32/415), Trayvon Rudolph
• TE: Daniel Crawford (37/443)

Ohio depth chart:

• QB: Kurtis Rourke OR Armani Rogers (393-2, UNLV)
• RB: De’Montre Tuggle (644-11), RB2: Julian Ross (284-1) OR O’Shaan Allison (869-6) – recent report that Allison has been banged up in camp but is expected to play, which might explain this depth chart
• WRs: Cameron Odom (19/207), Isiah Cox (39/663), Shane Hooks (26/515)
• TE: Ryan Luehrman (28/360)

Toledo depth chart:

• QB: Eli Peters (828-6) OR Carter Bradley (502-1) OR Dequan Finn (86-0)
• RB: Bryant Koback (1187-12), RB2 Shakif Seymour (741-5)
• WRs: Danzel McKinley-Lewis (36/615) OR Jerjuan Newton (1/21), Devin Maddox (14/130) OR Ronnie Blackmon, Bryce Mitchell (35/679) OR Isaiah Winstead
• TE: Drew Rosi (18/238)

Western Michigan depth chart:

• QB: Kaleb Eleby
• RB: Sean Tyler (390-5), Jaxson Kincaide (146-1, Nevada), La’Darius Jefferson (25-2, Michigan State – waiver has not yet cleared) – team has said may be committee
• WRs: D’Wayne Eskridge (3/73), Skyy Moore (51/802), DaShon Bussell (27/445)
• TE: Brett Borske (2/34)

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Arizona depth chart (postponed):

• QB: Grant Gunnell (1239-9)
• RB: Gary Brightwell 9390-5)
• WRs: Boobie Curry (6/68), Jamarye Joiner (34/552), Brian Casteel (45/397)
• TE: Bryce Wolma (5/62)

Arizona State depth chart:

• QB: Jayden Daniels (2943-17)
• RB: Rachaad White OR DeaMonte Trayanum
• WRs: Frank Darby (31/616), Ricky Pearsall (7/128) OR LV Bunkley-Shelton, Johnny Wilson OR Geordon Porter (8/83)
• TEs: Curtis Hodges (5/58), Case Hatch (1/26)

Cal depth chart (postponed):

• QB: Chase Garbers (1772-14)
• RB: Christopher Brown (914-8)
• FB: Drew Schlegel (Kentucky transfer)
• WRs: Nikko Remigio (38/513), Kekoa Crawford (16/272)
• TE: Collin Moore (2/11)

Colorado depth chart:

• QB: Sam Noyer
• RB: Jarek Broussard
• WRs: Daniel Arias (3/62), KD Nixon (35/465), Dimitri Stanley (29/312)
• TE: Brady Russell (23/221)

Oregon depth chart:

• QB: Tyler Shough (144-3) OR Anthony Brown (1250-9, Boston College)
• RB: CJ Verdell (1220-8)
• WRs: Mycah Pittman (18/227), Jaylon Redd (50/465), Johnny Johnson (57/836)
• TE: Hunter Kampmoyer (5/59) OR Cam McCormick OR Spencer Webb (18/209)

Oregon State depth chart:

• QB: Tristan Gebbia (347-2)
• RB: Jermar Jefferson (685-8)
• WRs: Champ Flemings (32/457), Trevon Bradford (13/121), Kolby Taylor (22/219)
• TE: Teagain Quitoriano (5/100) OR Luke Musgrave (2/18)

Stanford depth chart:

• QB: Davis Mills (1960-11)
• RB: Austin Jones (227-1)
• FB: Houston Heimuli
• WRs: Simi Fehoko (24/566), Michael Wilson (56/672), Connor Wedington (51/506)
• TE: Tucker Fisk (4/30)

UCLA depth chart:

• QB: Dorian Thompson-Robinson (2701-21)
• RB: Demetric Felton (331-1, 55/594)
• WRs: Chase Cota 925/350), Kyle Philips (60/681), Jaylen Erwin (32/339)
• TE: Mike Martinez (3/39)

USC depth chart (13 spots on offense, St. Brown was listed as starter at 2 different WR spots):

• QB: Kedon Slovis (3502-30)
• RB: Vavae Malepeai (503-6) OR Markese Stepp (307-3),
• RB: Stephen Carr (396-5) OR Kenan Christon (373-2)
• WRs: Tyler Vaughns (74/912), Amon-Ra St. Brown (77/1042), Drake London (39/567)
• TE: Erik Krommenhoek (11/122)

Utah depth chart (postponed):

• QB: Drew Lisk (52-0) OR Jake Bentley (142-1 – South Carolina) OR Cameron Rising
• RB: Devin Brumfield (263-2) OR Jordan Wilmore (194-1)
• WRs: Bryan Thompson (18/461), Solomon Enis (14/158), Britain Covey (10/77)
• TE: Cole Fotheringham (16/156)OR Brant Kuithe (34/602)

Washington depth chart (postponed):

• QB: Ethan Garbers OR Dylan Morris OR Jacob Sirmon (19-0) OR Kevin Thomson
• RB: Kamari Pleasant (35-0)
• WRs: Puka Nacua (7/168), Terrell Bynum (31/368), Ty Jones
• TE: Cade Otton (32/344)

Washington State depth chart:

• QB: Jayden de Laura
• RB: Max Borghi (817-11, 86/597)
• WRs: Calvin Jackson (10/117) OR Lucas Bacon, Renard Bell (54/579), Travell Harris (47/536), Jamire Calvin (42/497 – 2018)

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(continually updated)

On Thursday Utah State RB Jaylen Warren and Colorado State WR Dante Wright both played after being out last game. QB Joey Yellen appears to be the likely starter again this week for Pitt, while WR Tre’Von Bradley is out for Houston, but WR Omar Manning is expected to play for Nebraska.

On Friday Troy QB Gunnar Watson was reported to likely be out again this weekend, and on Friday night Miami TE Brevin Jordan was a surprise inactive due to covid-related reasons after getting healthy from a shoulder injury. Georgia WR George Pickens is reported to not have traveled for the game this weekend.

(Full list of Friday night player availability will appear on Saturday report.)

List of Injuries & Updates from November 5-6:

QBs:

• Myles Brennan, LSU – described as very doubtful after trying to practice on Wednesday
• Patrick O’Brien, Colorado State – started
• Pitt – Joey Yellen will start again with Kenny Pickett still not 100% (from Wednesday night coach comments), some additional comments came out that Pickett was feeling better in practice on Thursday
• Syracuse – Rex Culpepper, JaCobian Morgan and Dillon Markiewicz all have gotten first team reps this week, on Friday a report came out that Culpepper may be dealing with an undisclosed injury
• Gunnar Watson, Troy – not expected to play this weekend

RBs:

• George Holani, Boise State – reportedly not expected to play Friday night
• Josh Johnson, Louisiana-Monroe – has been ruled out for this weekend
• Vavae Malepeai, USC – available Saturday
• Trey Sanders, Alabama – in car accident Friday and in stable condition
• Markese Stepp, USC – available Saturday
• Kareem Walker, Miss State – enters transfer portal
• Jaylen Warren, Utah State – played Thursday

WRs & TEs:

• Tre’Von Bradley, Houston – will not play this week
• TE Brandon Frazier, Auburn – returned to practice
• Danny Gray, SMU – practicing and expected to be available
• Jadon Haselwood, Oklahoma – tweets on social media that he may be close to returning
• Jake Hausmann, Ohio State – out this weekend
• Willie Johnson, Marshall – should be available
• Omar Manning, Nebraska – ready to play this week
• Ty McCullouch, Colorado State – played Thursday
• TE Briley Moore, Kansas State – gametime decision this week
• TE Keveon Mullins, South Carolina – earlier this week was said to be likely to play, on Thursday they said they’ll have to see on Saturday
• George Pickens, Georgia – reported to not have traveled for game this weekend
• Arian Smith, Georgia – reported to have traveled this weekend after not having played yet this season due to meniscus surgery
• TE Jack Stoll, Nebraska – expected back sometime this season
• TE Carson Terrell, Utah State – played Thursday
• Broc Thompson, Marshall – expected to be unavailable again (injury)
• Dante Wright, Colorado State – played Thursday

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Wednesday was quieter than usual with teams having Tuesday off from practice, but Virginia QB Brennan Armstrong sounds good to go this weekend, while Temple RB Re’Mahn Davis opted out of the season and intends to transfer. MAC play kicked off Wednesday night, and Akron QB Kato Nelson did not play as he was reported to not be ready after having offseason shoulder surgery. MAC QBs who started unclear QB situations are listed below as well.

List of Injuries & Updates from November 4:

QBs:

• Air Force – Haaziq Daniels likely will be available after injury last weekend but Warren Bryan may start
• Brennan Armstrong, Virginia – is practicing and should be good to go this week
• Army – I watched the press conference, no specific updates on QBs, they usually have a depth chart come out near the end of the week which hopefully will give some insight
• Myles Brennan, LSU – will dress out and practice today
• Jalon Daniels, Kansas – suffered ankle injury late last weekend – “This is not the same pain that happened in the Oklahoma State game. I think I’ll be OK.”
• Brett Gabbert, Miami, OH – left game and did not return
• Zach Gibson, Akron – started
• Jarrett Guarantano, Tennessee – will start this week (stopping speculation he will be replaced, at least for this week)
• Kato Nelson, Akron – not yet ready to return after offseason shoulder surgery
• Eli Peters, Toledo – started
• Kurtis Rourke, Ohio – started
• Texas State – starter in competition again between Brady McBride and Tyler Vitt
• Kyle Vantrease, Buffalo – started
• Terry Wilson, Kentucky – returned to practice today

RBs:

• Re’Mahn Davis, Temple – opts out and entered the transfer portal
• Timothy Jackson, Air Force – expected to be available
• La’Darius Jefferson, Western Michigan – played Wed. so must have been cleared very recently
• Kenny McIntosh, Georgia – has been practicing and described as probable by one writer
• Samuel Oram-Jones, USC – had successful surgery for a broken leg suffered in practice
• Kadin Remsberg, Air Force – expected to be out again
• A’Montae Spivey, Arkansas – enters transfer portal

WRs & TEs:

• Jerome Buckner, Ohio – did not travel
• Lavel Davis, Virginia – back at practice and could play this weekend
• Frank Ladson, Clemson – ready to go this week
• TE Jackson Lanam, Texas State – unlikely to return this season after leaving game with injury last weekend
• Matt Landers, Georgia – expected to be able to play this weekend
• Qian Magwood, Ball State – will not play this season due to injury
• Ryan Mitchell, Navy – suffered a season-ending injury last weekend
• George Pickens, Georgia – hopeful to be able to play, pain tolerance is part of the issue (upper body), practiced Monday
• La’Vontae Shenault, Colorado – will serve 1-game suspension this week for summer arrest
• Tamorrion Terry, Florida State – participated in practice Wednesday
• Tyler Walton, Ohio – did not travel

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On Tuesday Colorado RB Alex Fontenot and Texas RB Keaontay Ingram were declared out this week and Miss State RB Kylin Hill officially opted out. Vanderbilt RB Ja’Veon Marlow will not play again this week due to suspension, while it was shared that UNLV WR Randal Grimes is suspended until the end of the calendar year. Houston WR Marquez Stevenson sounds unlikely to play this weekend, while Nevada WR Elijah Cooks may need season-ending shoulder surgery.

List of Injuries & Updates from November 3:

QBs:

• Ira Armstead, Virginia – is out for the season
• Brennan Armstrong, Virginia – “on track to be healthy” this week which sounds hopeful
• Hank Bachmeier, Boise State – no updates other than that injury/issue is not season-ending
• Jason Bean, North Texas – QB1 on depth chart
• Markevion Quinn, Memphis – not currently with the team

RBs:

• Oscar Adaway, North Texas – is listed on the depth chart this week, expected to be available this week
• Terrell Brown, Houston – will have knee surgery and be out the rest of the season
• Alex Fontenot, Colorado – was injured late last week, will not play this week
• Daimarqua Foster, TCU – likely out this week
• Thomas Grayson, Kansas State – enters transfer portal after previously opting out
• Kylin Hill, Mississippi State – officially opts out of the rest of the season
• George Holani, Boise State – no updates other than that injury is not season-ending
• Keaontay Ingram, Texas – will be out this week with a high ankle sprain, could miss several weeks
• Dorian Maddox, Stanford – likely out for the season
• Ja’Veon Marlow, Vanderbilt – will not play this week but should be back this season
• Kendre Miller, TCU – questionable this week
• Ronnie Walker, Virginia – will be available this week

WRs & TEs:

• Trejan Bridges, Oklahoma – still waiting on clearance
• Elijah Cooks Nevada – likely needs season-ending shoulder surgery
• Mo Edwards, South Alabama – enters transfer portal
• Randal Grimes, UNLV – has been suspended until the end of the calendar year
• Calvin Lockett, Iowa – enters transfer portal
• TE Briley Moore, Kansas State – did not practice Monday
• TE Keveon Mullins, South Carolina – expected to play this week
• Brenden Schooler, Texas – should play this week
• Jyaire Shorter, North Texas – remains out
• Marquez Stevenson, Houston – not optimistic to be available
• Mekhi Stevenson, UNLV – team reveals he opted out of the season
• Cam Sullivan-Brown, Penn State – expected to be available this week
• Ricky Walker, Oregon State – Cal grad transfer is no longer on the team
• Jordan Whittington, Texas – could return for Nov 21 game

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In QB news on Monday Temple’s Anthony Russo was ruled out again, while Southern Miss’ Jack Abraham has a “good chance” to play. Miami TE Brevin Jordan is healthy, Florida State WR Tamorrion Terry is a likely game-time decision, BYU WR Gunner Romney is back to 100%, and Colorado State WR Dante Wright has been cleared to return from contact tracing.

List of Injuries & Updates from November 2 (or from Sunday where noted):

QBs:

• Jack Abraham, Southern Miss – good chance to be back this week
• Myles Brennan, LSU – will throw some today but limited, unclear if will be available for Alabama game Nov 14
• Central Michigan – Daniel Richardson expected to start with still no update on David Moore being cleared by NCAA
• Sean Chambers, Wyoming – underwent leg surgery and will officially miss the rest of the season
• Colorado State – not revealing who their starter is – Todd Centeio or Patrick O’Brien
• KJ Costello, Miss State – no update available after injury last weekend
• Jayden de Laura, Washington State – confirmed to be the starter
• Cade Fortin, South Florida – not expected to be available this week
• Terrance Gipson, SMU – enters transfer portal
• Frank Harris, UTSA – confirmed to be the starter again this week
• Kenny Pickett, Pitt – limited in practice, can throw but not run yet
• Tyrrell Pigrome, Western Kentucky – will start again this week
• Matt Robinson, Illinois – “getting better” but status unclear for this week
• Anthony Russo, Temple – will not play again this week, AC joint injury in throwing shoulder
• Syracuse – sounds like Rex Culpepper and JaCobian Morgan competing for QB1
• Jordan Travis, Florida State – full go this week
• Tate Whatley, Southern Miss – likely not back this week

RBs:

• Jafar Armstrong, Notre Dame – listed at WR on depth chart
• Frank Brown, Arizona – MCL injury, out 2-3 weeks
• King Doerue, Purdue – hopeful to get him back but no real update
• David Ellis, Indiana – status still remains unclear this week
• BJ Emmons, Florida Atlantic – practiced Sunday
• Tayon Fleet-Davis, Maryland – still unavailable but hopes to suit up soon
• Alex Fontenot, Colorado – listed as injured on initial depth chart
• Daimarqua Foster, TCU – injured last weekend, no updates yet
• John Lovett, Baylor – questionable this week
• Joshua Mack, Liberty – looked good in practice
• Vavae Malepeai, USC – good day of practice today (hamstring)
• Jo’quavious Marks, Miss State – expected to be available this week
• Larry McCammon, Florida Atlantic – out for season with ankle surgery
• Ricky Person, NC State – on the depth chart this week after concussion two weeks ago
• Markese Stepp, USC – ankle is good, dealing with turf toe, expected to play this week
• Titus Swen, Wyoming – opts out of rest of season
• Sean Tucker, Syracuse – uncertain to practice on Monday
• Len’Neth Whitehead, Tennessee – will not play this season after shoulder injury in practice

WRs & TEs:

• Beau Corrales, UNC – announced as out this week
• Kevin Davis, UAB – enters transfer portal
• Taj Davis, Washington – opts out of season
• Emoryie Edwards, Fresno State – unable to practice with non-football related injury
• Noah Frith, Liberty – practicing and expected to play
• TE Brevin Jordan, Miami – described as healthy
• Jaivian Lofton, Liberty – doubtful this week
• Miles Marshall, Indiana – status still to be determined this week
• TE David Martin-Robinson, Temple – back from quarantine this week
• Jaden Mitchell, Arizona – suffered a torn ACL
• Rondale Moore, Purdue – always hopeful to get him back, no real update
• Jernard Phillips, South Florida – enters transfer portal after previously opting out
• Gunner Romney, BYU – will be 100% this week, held out 2nd half last week as a precaution
• Zak Simon, UMass – enters transfer portal after previously opting out
• Ihmir Smith-Marsette – arrested for drunk driving Saturday after the game, will be suspended for next Saturday’s game (news came Sunday)
• Tamorrion Terry, Florida State – back on depth chart after missing time due to a knee procedure
• TE Damarcus Thomas, Ole Miss – serious injury in practice, was motionless in parts of body and helicopter was called for an airlift, update – he has regained motion in all extremities
• Tyquan Thornton, Baylor – questionable
• Jalen Virgil, App State – dealing with a lingering injury
• Dante Wright, Colorado State – cleared to return from contact tracing
• CJ Yarbrough, Liberty – practicing and expected to play