College Fantasy Update

Monday brought a lot of Big Ten and Mountain West depth charts, plus news that LSU QB Myles Brennan is questionable with a torn muscle in his abdomen, while UTSA QB Lowell Narcisse had season-ending surgery.

In RB news Pooka Williams of Kansas opted out and Jahmir Smith has left the Notre Dame program. Late Monday night came official word that Penn State RB Journey Brown could potentially miss the season due to a medical condition he is being treated for.

Memphis WR Damonte Coxie officially opted out to declare for the NFL draft and it was confirmed that WR Nico Collins (Michigan) has as well. In good news for LSU WR Terrace Marshall and TE Arik Gilbert are expected to practice and play this week, while the bad news for Texas is WR Jordan Whittington will be out a few weeks with a strained hip flexor.

List of Injuries & Updates from October 19 (or from Sunday where noted):

QBs:

• Brennan Armstrong, Virginia – status undetermined for Saturday
• Myles Brennan, LSU – questionable with a torn muscle in his abdomen
• Andrew Brito, UMass – for those wondering what is up with him – I interacted with a UMass beat writer who told me Brito simply wasn’t good enough to make the two-deep roster, so there it is
• Sean Chambers, Wyoming – named starter
• Jake Haener, Fresno State – named starter
• Frank Harris, UTSA – will start this week
• Adrian Martinez, Nebraska – starting this week
• David Moore, Central Michigan – team is waiting on compliance for official update on status of Moore’s suspension being cleared from last season
• Dalen Morris, Navy – is in concussion protocol but is “fine” and expected back
• Lowell Narcisse, UTSA – season-ending surgery on left leg
• Brandon Peters, Illinois – confirmed starter
• Taisun Phommachanh, Clemson – had hand surgery Sunday morning to put screws in, described as day to day (Sunday)
• Purdue – won’t reveal starter until Saturday, may play more than 1 QB
• Rutgers – Artur Sitkowski OR Noah Vedral on depth chart
• San Jose State – Nick Starkel OR Nick Nash – both may play in first game
• Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma State – healthy, alternating reps with Shane Illingworth
• Jordan Travis, Florida State – is “doing fine” after appearing to be banged up last weekend

RBs:

• Journey Brown, Penn State – may miss season due to medical condition he is being treated for
• James Charles, Florida Atlantic – probable
• Jeyvon Ducker, Northern Illinois – ankle, will miss some time
• BJ Emmons, Florida Atlantic – questionable, ankle
• Johnny Ford, South Florida – participated in practice today, optimistic for this weekend
• Hassan Hall, Louisville – day to day
• Joshua Mack, Liberty – should be fine (illness)
• Jordan Mims, Fresno State – ready to go Saturday after missing last season
• Marcel Murray, Arkansas State – day to day, may be a gametime decision
• Shaun Shivers, Auburn – hopeful to be back to full speed this week (Sunday)
• Jahmir Smith, Notre Dame – has left the program
• Isaiah Spiller, Texas A&M – healthy and ready fo next game (off this week)
• Pooka Williams, Kansas – opts out of season to be with ill mother

WRs & TEs:

• TE Cameron Butler, Colorado State – out for season with non-contact injury
• TE Grant Carrigan, Pitt – out for season, shoulder
• Nico Collins, Michigan – confirmed to no longer be with team, opted out for NFL
• Damonte Coxie, Memphis – officially opts out and declares for the NFL Draft
• TE Arik Gilbert, LSU – will practice and play this week
• TE Trevor Hobbs, Liberty – could return this week
• Lawrence Keys, Notre Dame – still in concussion protocol
• Braden Lenzy, Notre Dame – couldn’t get to full speed last week, hopeful this week
• Jaivian Lofton, Liberty – described as doubtful
• Terrace Marshall, LSU – expected to practice and play this week
• Dalton Rigdon, Texas Tech – expected back this week (conc. prot.)
• Gunner Romney, BYU – questionable
• Brenden Schooler, Texas – practicing this week (thigh contusion)
• Jake Smith, Texas – practicing this week
• JD Spielman, TCU – questionable this week
• Tre Turner, Virginia Tech – expected to be available this week
• Jordan Whittington, Texas – will be out a few weeks with a strained hip flexor
• CJ Yarbrough, Liberty – likely needs one more week to be ready

Some of these 16 stats from Week 7 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 (if you enjoy this post please share it!).

UCF and Arkansas State both had multiple WRs with 170+ receiving yards in week 7. UCF had Marlon Williams (13/191-1), Ryan O’Keefe (4/175-1) and Jaylon Robinson (10/173-2). Arkansas State had Jonathan Adams, 15/177-2 (22 targets) and Dahu Green 9/172-2 (15 targets). 170 receiving yards in a game has only been done 17 times this season, and 5 were by two teams in week 7.

Florida State QB Jordan Travis only completed 8/19 passes, but they went for 191 yards. he is the only player with 8 or fewer completions to pass for 175+ yards this season. Next closest is Will Howard (Kansas State) who passed for 7/12-173 against Texas Tech.

North Texas WR Jaelon Darden caught 10 passes for 204 yards and a TD on Saturday. 200 receiving yards in a game has only happened 5 times this season, and Darden is the only player to reach 200 twice.

The player with the most games with 20+ rushing attempt games this season is actually a QB, Asher O’Hara of MTSU has done it 4 times. Next with 3 games are Spencer Brown (UAB), Breece Hall (Iowa State), Kevin Harris (South Carolina) and Chuba Hubbard (Oklahoma State).

While they couldn’t reach the receiving yard numbers that UCF did last weekend, even as SMU dealt with the loss of Reggie Roberson they had 3 players with 100+ yards receiving last week – Rashee Rice (7/139-1), Danny Gray (5/133-1), and Tyler Page (4/101-0).

UCF QB Dylan Gabriel threw for 601 yards and 5 TDs, while in the same game Memphis QB Brady White put up 486 yards and 6 TDs. 475+ passing yards and 5 passing TDs in a game has only happened 3 times this season, KJ Costello (Miss State) was the other.

BYU QB Zach Wilson is the only player with 6+ rushing TDs and 12+ passing TDs this season. Next “closest” to those numbers are Texas QB Sam Ehlinger with 16 passing TDs and 5 rushing TDs.

Virginia Tech RB Khalil Herbert leads the nation in rushing yards per game with 148.0, 2nd is Iowa St RB Breece Hall (132.75) and 3rd is FIU RB D’Vonte Price (130.0). After Herbert’s 18/143 game last weekend he fell below averaging 10 yards a carry as he now stands at 9.6 per attempt.

Wake Forest RB Kenneth Walker rushed for 23/128-3 on Saturday against Virginia. Walker joins RB Najee Harris of Alabama as the only players to have two 3 rushing TD games this season.

With his 11/113-1 receiving output on Saturday, Ole Miss WR Elijah Moore became the only player with four 10 reception games this season.

Three players in week 7 had 30+ rushing attempts. South Alabama RB Carlos Davis rushed for 32/113-1, Marshall RB Brenden Knox ran for 32/125-2, and Alabama RB Najee Harris had 31/152-1. Only 6 times this season has a player had 30+ rushing attempts, and Davis’ yard total (113) and average of 3.5 yards/attempt were the lowest of the 6.

In addition to throwing for 601-5 last weekend, UCF QB Dillon Gabriel also rushed for 49 yards and 1 TD. The only other player to reach at least each of those numbers in a game since 2000 was Texas Tech QB Patrick Mahomes, who in 2016 had an unbelievable 734-5 passing and 85-2 rushing game in 2016.

North Texas QB Jason Bean passed for 181 yards and ran for 169 yards in week 7. He was the first player to run/pass for 150/150 in a game this year.

To give kickers a little love, only two kickers who have played more than one game are averaging more than two made field goals a game – Alex Hale, Oklahoma State (2.7), and Jake Verity, East Carolina (2.3).

Alabama QB Mac Jones was again on fire, throwing for 417-4 against Georgia. Jones & Dillon Gabriel (UCF) have both reached 400 yards passing and 2+ passing TDs in a game three times this season. No other player has done it more than once.

Liberty RB Shedro Louis shredded Syracuse rushing for 170 yards and 2 TDs on only 10 carries. Louis has the record for the most rushing yards by a player this season with 10 or fewer carries, beating North Texas QB Jason Bean (also this week) by only 1 yard, as Bean ran for 10/169-3.

I break down the injury news from this past weekend with notes on each player who may have been dealing with injuries. I also sometimes dig into players who may have been out for non-injury reasons as well.

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 Oct. 17 (alphabetical by last name):

• QB Holton Ahlers, East Carolina – did not play for covid-related reasons. Interestingly yesterday a family member of his angrily shared on social media that Ahlers was only allowed to have one test after testing positive (unlike say Nick Saban who got 3). Said that all his teammates around him were negative and Ahlers went and got another test on his own which was negative insinuating the original test was a false positive. Take that for what it’s worth.
• RB Otis Anderson, UCF – in the 2nd quarter he was apparently injured, went to the locker room with pads off, but was able to return to action in the 2nd half
• RB Christian Beal-Smith, Wake Forest – there were reports that he was taken to the locker room in the 3rd quarter, unclear if he returned to the game but the play by play looks like all RB Kenneth Walker late in the game
• WR Damonte Coxie, Memphis – not an injury, but after rumors swirled near the end of the week Coxie did not play Saturday. In postgame the team shared that he is not part of the program right now, insinuating perhaps either an opt out or possibly a personal leave of absence.
• RB Johnny Ford, South Florida – went down late in the 4th quarter with a possible ankle injury. The team had no official update postgame, although Coach Jeff Scott said he saw Ford walking in the locker room, which seems positive.
• RB Kylin Hill, Mississippi State – not an injury, but the pregame buzz about his availability was confirmed as Hill did not play Saturday. The reports were that he did not play due to a suspension for behavioral reasons. In postgame Mike Leach said Hill’s future availability was unclear.
• TE Brevin Jordan, Miami – a week ago suffered an apparent right shoulder injury and was described as questionable midweek, was on the sideline not suited up on Saturday
• QB Devin Leary, NC State – he was carted off with an air cast and it was revealed Sunday morning that he had successful surgery for a broken fibula and will be out 4-8 weeks.
• WR Braden Lenzy, Notre Dame – in postgame it was shared that he had a soft tissue injury which limited his availability
• RB Joshua Mack, Liberty – after not getting any first half action it was revealed at halftime that he had been dealing with an illness (stomach bug) the past couple days and was not expected to play in the second half.
• QB Dalen Morris, Navy – in the 3rd quarter he was “speared” on a hit according to one reporter, leading him to be officially shared by the team to be out for the rest of the game with an upper body injury.
• QB Lowell Narcisse, UTSA – In the 4th quarter he was carted off with an air cast on his left leg and taken to the hospital. In postgame the coach quote was “it doesn’t look good”.
• RB Trent Pennix, NC State – there were numerous reports of him heading to the locker room in the first half, but I didn’t see any additional updates
• QB Taisun Phommachanh, Clemson – the reserve QB broke a bone in his left hand getting mop-up duty during the blowout of Georgia Tech. The team shared an update Sunday that he had surgery to have screws inserted and was described as day to day.
• QB Kenny Pickett, Pitt – he did not travel for the Miami game with an ankle injury. In postgame Pat Narduzzi essentially admitted to giving misleading quotes about Pickett so as to not help the opponent. He said he knew early in the week Pickett would not play but wouldn’t comment on whether he had a procedure on his ankle. Said “there’s a chance” Pickett could play next week, but if not next week then hopefully would return after the bye week.
• WR Gunner Romney, BYU – In the second half of Friday night’s game Romney was dealing with a hamstring issue which took him to the medical tent and sidelined him the rest of the game.
• WR TJ Simmons, West Virginia – Early in the first half Simmons took a big hit and was seen not in pads on the sideline for the rest of the game with what was thought to possibly be concussion symptoms.
• RB Isaiah Spiller, Texas A&M – in postgame it was shared that he was nicked up late in the game but could have returned if needed
• QB Jordan Travis, Florida State – anyone watching the game could see that Travis seemed to be dealing with and playing through a possible left arm/shoulder injury. In postgame the coach quote was just that he was a “warrior”.
• WR Tre Turner, Virginia Tech – in the 3rd quarter he was officially ruled out for the rest of the game as he was on the sideline without his helmet, the team had no postgame update when asked

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.

A few updates from teams not yet playing (but have begun practice) are mixed in as well.

List of Updates from October 17 (unless noted):

QBs: In the biggest QB news, Holton Ahlers (ECU) had some end of week rumors about covid-related issues confirmed as he sat out, while Kenny Pickett (Pitt) did not travel to Miami and Brennan Armstrong (Virginia) was out due to concussion protocol.

• Holton Ahlers, East Carolina – unavailable, covid-related
• Christian Anderson, Army – unavailable, re-injured in practice
• Brennan Armstrong, Virginia – did not play, concussion protocol
• Cade Ballard, Army – started
• Rex Culpepper, Syracuse – started with Tommy DeVito out
• Jalon Daniels, Kansas – listed out as expected
• Mike Fallon, UMass – started
• Mason Garcia, East Carolina – started with Holton Ahlers out
• Frank Harris, UTSA – played late after Lowell Narcisse hurt
• Jemel Jones, Army – unavailable, injured last weekend but had been practicing
• Miles Kendrick, Kansas – started
• Thomas MacVittie, Kansas – described as available
• Katravis Marsh, South Florida – unavailable
• Brady McBride, Texas State – started, team says will stick with one QB
• McKenzie Milton, UCF – not dressed
• Lowell Narcisse, UTSA – started but injured
• Kenny Pickett, Pitt – did not travel, out
• Lindell Stone, Virginia – started with Brennan Armstrong out
• Kevaris Thomas, Western Kentucky – started
• Jordan Travis, Florida State – played
• Desmond Trotter, South Alabama – started as he returned to action, shared time
• DJ Uiagalelei, Clemson – did not play, sore shoulder
• Joey Yellen, Pitt – started with Pickett out

RBs: Rakeem Boyd (Arkansas) & James Cook (Georgia) were back in action, while Otis Anderson and Greg McCrae played for UCF and Sean Tucker was in action for Syracuse all after dealing with injuries in their last game. Joshua Mack (Liberty) did not play due to illness, while Kylin Hill (Mississippi State) was reportedly suspended yesterday.

• Israel Abanikanda, Pitt – not on travel roster
• Oscar Adaway, North Texas – unavailable after being questionable
• Otis Anderson, UCF – played
• Rakeem Boyd, Arkansas – returned to action
• Brendan Brady, UTSA – dressed, DNP
• Mulbah Car, Houston – played (Friday)
• James Cook, Georgia – returned to action
• AJ Davis, Pitt – returned to action
• Darrian Felix, South Florida – unavailable
• Sione Finau, BYU – warmed up in pregame, did not play (Friday)
• Kylin Hill, Mississippi State – suspended
• Jalen Holston, Virginia Tech – unavailable
• Travis Levy, Boston College – played
• Joshua Mack, Liberty – Did Not Play, illness (non-covid)
• Demetrius Mauney, ECU – unavailable
• Sandon McCoy, Army – returned to action
• Greg McCrae, UCF – played
• Darius Pinnix, ECU – unavailable
• Shaun Shivers, Auburn – warmed up, available, DNP (that I’m aware)
• Bentavious Thompson, UCF – did not travel
• Sean Tucker, Syracuse – played
• Ronnie Walker, Virginia – late scratch, illness

WRs & TEs: In more high profile receiver news, Marlon Williams (UCF), Treylon Burks (Arkansas) & Eli Stove (Auburn) were in action Saturday, while TE Brevin Jordan (Miami) and Smoke Harris (Louisiana Tech) did not suit up. And finally Damonte Coxie (Memphis) did not play as his status with the program is unclear right now.

• Treylon Burks, Arkansas – returned to action
• Damonte Coxie, Memphis – did not play
• Noah Frith, Liberty – out
• Smoke Harris, Louisiana Tech – not dressed
• Akeem Hayes, Kentucky – not at game (suspension?)
• Ra’Shaun Henry, Virginia – not dressed
• TE Brevin Jordan, Miami – did not play
• Tavares Kelly, Virginia – played
• Lawrence Keys, Notre Dame – unavailable (concussion protocol)
• Jaivian Lofton, Liberty – out
• Jimmy Marshall, MTSU – on unavailable list
• TE Jacob Mathis, South Florida – unavailable
• Joseph Ngata, Clemson – played
• Tre Nixon, UCF – not in warmups
• Bryce Oliver, Kentucky – warmed up
• TE Dylan Parham, NC State – played
• Eli Stove, Auburn – returned to action
• TE Carl Tucker, Alabama – not dressed out (hamstring)
• Xavier Weaver, South Florida – unavailable
• Ethon Williams, Boston College – unavailable
• Marlon Williams, UCF – played
• TE Spencer Witter, Boston College – unavailable (appeared to get injured last weekend, haven’t seen any reports)
• Jaron Woodyard, Marshall – not travel
• CJ Yarbrough, Liberty – doubtful, did not play
• Tyrone Young-Smith, Utah – done for season with an injury

On Thursday Georgia State RB Destin Coates and Arkansas State RB Marcel Murray were revealed close to game-time (when twitter was coming back to life after being down) to both be out for the Thursday night game. Arkansas RB Rakeem Boyd and WR Treylon Burks as well as Auburn WR Eli Stove all sound probable to play this weekend.

Friday was really very quiet, Northwestern QB Aidan Smith opted out as did Northern Illinois RB Jordan Nettles. Kansas shared that head coach Les Miles would not travel to West Virginia for their game.

List of Injuries & Updates from October 15-16:

QBs:

• Kenny Pickett, Pitt – not 100% but sounds likely to play
• Aidan Smith, Northwestern – opts out of season
• Desmond Trotter, South Alabama – has been practicing, competing with Chance Lovertich for #1 reps
• Western Kentucky – coach did not reveal who would start on Saturday between Tyrrell Pigrome and Kevaris Thomas

RBs:

• Rakeem Boyd, Arkansas – tweets that he is back
• Destin Coates, Georgia State – unavailable Thursday night
• AJ Davis, Pitt – back to full health
• Joshua Mack, Liberty – disciplinary issue from last week (sounds like class attendance) is past, ready to be featured back
• Jordan Mason, Georgia Tech – he is again not listed on the Above the Line chart, reporter answered a question from a reader saying he will hopefully be back at some point this season
• Marcel Murray, Arkansas State – not dressed out Thursday night
• Jordan Nettles, Northern Illinois – opts out of season
• Seth Paige, Georgia State – made his season debut Thursday night

WRs & TEs:

• Alante Brown, Nebraska – back to full health
• Treylon Burks, Arkansas – has been practicing, expected to play
• TE Arik Gilbert, LSU – has been limited in practice
• Jsi Hatfield, East Carolina – expected to be available this weekend after missing last two games
• Lawrence Keys, Notre Dame – in concussion protocol
• Terrace Marshall, LSU – has been limited in practice
• Oliver Martin, Nebraska – waiting on eligibility waiver after transfer from Iowa
• Cornelius McCoy, Georgia State – unavailable Thursday
• CJ Moore – commits to Washington State after time at Oklahoma State and Iowa Central CC
• Bryce Oliver, Kentucky – has been practicing this week and is hopeful (similar to previous weeks)
• Wan’Dale Robinson, Nebraska – sounds full speed again
• Eli Stove, Auburn – expected to play Saturday
• Dylan Thomas, TCU – enters portal as a grad transfer
• TE Jason Whittaker, Northwestern – opts out of season

(Post will be continually updated throughout the week)

Practices begin this Wednesday October 14, so I anticipate getting many more injury updates from teams this week. Waivers for eligibility also continue to get approved. As the volume of updates increase I will discern when to move from doing a weekly post to multiple posts per week. The biggest news so far this week has likely been UCF’s Collin Smith announcing he would opt out of the season.

List of College Basketball Updates, Injuries & Transfers this week:

• Akok Akok, UConn – working out as progressing in Achilles recovery
• Jimmy Bell, St Louis – out another 2-3 weeks with a sore foot
• Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk, Illinois – foot issue flared back up, back in a boot
• Naz Carter, Washington – suspended from all team activities for violating student code of conduct
• Dwayne Cohill, Dayton – ACL tear, out for season
• Courtese Cooper, Southern Utah – eligible after transfer from LSU
• Eric Curry, Minnesota – not yet fully medically cleared but making good progress
• Zack Dawson, South Florida – opts out of season
• Silvio De Sousa, Kansas – opts out of season, leaving the program
• Samba Diallo, Manhattan – eligible after transfer from UMass
• Emmanuel Dowuona, Purdue – has not been practicing due to breathing issues
• LJ Figueroa, Oregon – waiver request still pending after transfer from St John’s
• Umoja Gibson, Oklahoma – waiver request pending after transfer from North Texas
• Brycen Goodine, Providence – waiver request pending after transfer from Syracuse
• Jermaine Hamlin, Illinois – had a hand procedure this summer, hasn’t begun practicing
• Elijah Harkless, Oklahoma – waiver request pending after transfer from Cal State Northridge
• Austin Hutcherson, Illinois – sidelined with back issues
• Kamani Johnson – transfers from Little Rock to Arkansas
• Justin Kier, Georgia – arrested on four traffic violations, team is addressing the issue internally
• Arkel Lamar – transfers from UMBC to Manhattan
• Tyrese Martin, UConn – nicked up in practice, expected to be back in practice next week
• Tyler Morman, Southern Miss – eligible after transfer from Wyoming
• Jack Nunge, Iowa – has been fully medically cleared
• Addison Patterson, Oregon – no longer with the team
• Collin Smith, UCF – opting out of season due to underlying medical concerns
• Tai Strickland, Temple – may be able to return to practice in about a month (shoulder)
• DeShawn Thomas, Coastal Carolina – eligible after transfer from LSU
• Dallas Walton, Colorado – no longer wearing knee brace
• Daivien Williamson, Wake Forest – eligible after transfer from ETSU
• Sidney Wilson, SIU-Edwardsville – eligible after transfer from UConn
• Holland Woods, Arizona State – will play this season rather than redshirt

On Wednesday word came out that Florida State WR Tamorrion Terry is expected to undergo a knee procedure and be out a few weeks. Virginia QB Brennan Armstrong while Florida St QB Jordan Travis is feeling good. Miami TE Brevin Jordan was described as questionable. Texas Tech is off this weekend but announced that QB Henry Colombi will start Oct 24.

Alabama head coach Nick Saban also revealed he tested positive for COVID.

List of Injuries & Updates from October 14:

QBs:

• Brennan Armstrong, Virginia – did not practice
• Carson Baker, San Diego State – expected to be named starter
• Myles Brennan, LSU – still hasn’t practiced this week after getting banged up last weekend, described as doubtful but may try to practice Friday (game has now been postponed)
• Henry Colombi, Texas Tech – will start Oct 24th
• Chubba Purdy, Florida State – progressing well, getting extended work
• Donovan Smith, Texas Tech – out for season with shoulder surgery
• Jordan Travis, Florida State – practiced again today (hand), feels fully healthy

RBs:

• Elijah Mitchell, Louisiana – returned to action
• Chris Smith, Louisiana – played after dealing with ankle injury
• DeMarcus Townsend, Florida International – enters transfer portal
• Ronnie Walker, Virginia – waiver for eligibility approved

WRs & TEs:

• KeSean Carter, Texas Tech – dealing with elbow issue (not ankle as previously reported)
• Keke Chism, Missouri – reports he will be back for the Florida game (assuming it is played)
• Al’Dontre Davis, TCU – enters transfer portal
• Dontae Fleming, Louisiana – played Wednesday
• TE Brevin Jordan, Miami – questionable but has time to progress
• Peter LeBlanc, Louisiana – played after an undisclosed injury in his last game
• TE Isaiah Likely, Coastal Carolina – out Wed. night with a lower body injury
• McLane Mannix, Texas Tech – has been out with back problem
• Joseph Ngata, Clemson – has practiced every day, hopeful for Saturday
• Dalton Rigdon, Texas Tech – in concussion protocol after targeting hit last week
• Justyn Ross, Clemson – hopeful for a spring 2021 practice return
• JJ Sparkman, Texas Tech – out for season with shoulder surgery
• Tamorrion Terry, Florida State – expected to miss a couple weeks due to knee procedure

Following are the fantasy-relevant starting depth charts released by the teams, along with any notes and last year’s stats, for FBS teams playing their FIRST games of the season October 17.

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

Saturday October 17:

UMass depth chart:

• QB: Mike Fallon (40-0) OR Josiah Johnson (TE last season) OR Will Koch
• RB: Ellis Merriweather
• WRs: Samuel Emilus (27/273), Jermaine Johnson (37/272), Javon Turner (1/3) OR Melvin Hill (7/39) OR Zamar Wise
• TE: Taylor Edwards (2/13)

(placeholder for Rice below, the only remaining team originally playing this fall that has yet to play a game.)

Saturday October 24:

Rice depth chart (PRECAMP depth chart):

• QB: Mike Collins (49-0 – TCU) has been named the starter
• RB: Juma Otoviano (114-0)
• FB: Brendan Suckley
• WRs: Austin Trammell (60/726), Bradley Rozner (55/770)
• TE: Jordan Myers (16/123)

On Tuesday Florida paused their football activities due to Covid testing. Cincinnati WR Alec Pierce is hopeful to return this week after having his knee scoped a few weeks ago while North Texas RB Oscar Adaway was described as questionable. Kansas State WR Joshua Youngblood entered the transfer portal after a disappointing start to his season. In QB news it sounds like Jordan McCloud has won the job at South Florida.

List of Injuries & Updates from October 13:

QBs:

• Christian Anderson, Army – will practice and be evaluated later this week
• Ben Bryant, Cincinnati – sounds like he has missed practice, unclear if will be available this week
• Rex Culpepper, Syracuse – starting QB on depth chart with Tommy DeVito out
• TJ Goodwin, UTEP – enters transfer portal after opting out
• Jemel Jones, Army – practicing and sounds like will be available if needed Saturday
• Jordan McCloud, South Florida – will start this week and going forward
• Jordan Travis, Florida State – reported that he practiced, but not clear to what extent (if hand issue limited him or not)
• Tevaka Tuioti, New Mexico – will start season opener
• UMass – Mike Fallon OR Josiah Johnson OR Will Koch on depth chart for season opener, Andrew Brito not listed

RBs:

• Oscar Adaway, North Texas – questionable this week
• James Cook, Georgia – practiced Tuesday, expects to play this week
• East Carolina – Chase Hayden not listed on RB 4-way OR, Demetrius Mauney reappears on list
• Shaun Shivers, Auburn – expected to practice today

WRs & TEs:

• Alante Brown, Nebraska – has been “nicked up”
• Zack Dobson, West Virginia – not ready for Saturdays after recently gaining eligibility, hopeful to get worked in rotation later this season
• CJ Hayes, Michigan State – appears to have had surgery today from posts from himself/father
• Omar Manning, Nebraska – hopeful for start of season
• Alec Pierce, Cincinnati – hopeful to return this week
• Wan’Dale Robinson, Nebraska – has been “nicked up” dealing with injuries recently
• Jyaire Shorter, North Texas – out this week
• Eli Stove, Auburn – expected to practice today
• Joshua Youngblood, Kansas State – enters transfer portal