Here is a current list of every injury/suspension/transfer
at every FBS school since the end of last season. These updates should be used in conjunction
with any preseason magazines or websites you reference to finalize your
thoughts on each team because there are a number of significant changes to
starters and depth charts listed below.
This information will impact your team power ratings, the returning starter’s
magazines/websites list, and will help you get a leg up on Vegas when deciding
on your selections. They are listed in
alphabetical order, numbered so if anyone has any questions whatsoever email me
at boss@thesportsboss.com to
discuss. I also appreciate any fans or
alums of specific schools that have information either not mentioned below, or
an update/correction to something I wrote – it’s impossible for me to be spot
on with every move or every issue that has come up, and every player I am
projecting will step into a vacated spot – so please remember that when
reading, and definitely reach out to me with any changes.
Below only includes players that are listed as QUESTIONABLE
for Week 1 or worse. Any player listed
as probable is NOT included. I also have
only included players that are listed as 3rd string or higher – any player’s
listed 4th string or worse are not included, as are some 3rd
string players depending on class, experience and position:
1. AKRON has named Sophomore QB
Kyle Pohl as STARTER. He beat out a few
Terry Bowden recruits along with Colorado transfer Nick Hirshman.
2. ALABAMA STARTING WR Kevin Norwood
is listed as questionable with a toe injury.
Norwood was the #2 WR LY for the Tide, and is the #2 returning WR behind
Amari Cooper.
3. ALABAMA STARTING MLB Trey
DePriest is out indefinitely after being suspended. No further details on how long he may be out
are available. He is no question the
most experienced of the MLB’s, but expect very highly touted Reggie Ragland to
step into the vacated spot and learn on the job. DePriest is clearly one of the best LB’s on
the squad but there is always talent ready to step in at Alabama.
4. ALABAMA #3 CB Sophomore Geno
Smith is suspended for the season opener against Virginia Tech. No further details are available.
5. ARIZONA STARTING WR Austin Hill
remains out with a knee injury following his 1st Team All American
season in 2012. It is unknown how long
he will be out, but his loss is enormous.
6. ARIZONA ST. STARTING FS
Damarious Randall is doubtful for the opener on 9/5 vs. Sacramento State with a
groin injury. The Sun Devils are very
young in the secondary behind their starters so this injury could be a concern
if not healed properly by 9/14’s meeting with Wisconsin.
7. ARIZONA ST. CB Marcus Ball is
out 3-5 weeks with an arm injury. He is
buried deep on the depth chart as a true freshman so this injury is not of much
concern.
8. ARKANSAS backup WR &
STARTING KR D’Arthur Cowan is expected to miss 6-8 weeks with a foot
injury. Although his loss will not
impact the WR corps as much as the special teams as Cowan was slated to take
over for the departed KR Dennis Johnson.
9. ARKANSAS STARTING TE Senior
Austin Tate is expected to miss 4-6 weeks with a shoulder injury. Tate was expected to step in and replace
Gragg, who was the #4 receiver in each of the last two seasons. Sophomore Demetrius Dean is expected to step
into the role vacated by Tate.
10. ARKANSAS STARTING WR Senior
Demetrius Wilson is OUT FOR THE SEASON with a knee injury. He was their projected #3 WR, and his loss
should not be of great impact with other Razorback returning WR’s enjoying a
similar season in 2012.
11. ARKANSAS STARTING MLB Otha
Peters is expected to miss 6-8 weeks with an arm injury. Although just a Sophomore Peters was elected
to the ALL-SEC Freshman Team in 2012.
His loss will be felt as he was their 2nd leading returning
tackler, and was an overall playmaker. There is not much experienced depth whatsoever
on the 2 deep at LB.
12. ARMY has named Junior Angel
Santiago their STARTING QB. This move
comes as somewhat of a surprise with many projecting Sophomore AJ Schurr as the
Knights starter. Santiago brings more of
a rushing threat to the position (which means he is a better fit for the Army
offense), while Santiago has the stronger arm.
13. AUBURN CB Jonathan Jones is
expected to miss the opener versus Washington State with a knee injury. Although Jones started three games as a true freshman
last year the Tigers return a ton of depth to their secondary – so while he is
listed as the #1 backup CB, the bodies are there to fill in for him in the
opener even versus a pass happy offense like the Cougars.
14. AUBURN STARTING Senior DE Dee
Ford will miss the opener versus Washington State with a knee injury. Ford is the leader of the DL for the Tigers,
as he was voted MVP of the Spring Game.
With that said AU only loses DE Lemonier from LY’s squad so there is
plenty of depth – and this was a big time focus in their latest recruiting
class as they signed three of the top ten DL in the country, along with a top
five JC.
15. AUBURN STARTING Senior SS
Demetruce McNeal has been dismissed from the team and is thus OUT FOR THE
SEASON. His loss is BIG as he led the
Tigers LY with 90 tackles. As mentioned
above although there is depth in the secondary for the Tigers his loss will
have a definite impact.
16. AUBURN backup WR Tony Stevens
has a hamstring injury and is questionable for the team’s opener vs. Washington
State Saturday. His loss will not be
significant if he misses any time as he has no experience during his college
career, and there are many similar rated prospects on the Auburn bench waiting
for their shot.
17. BOISE STATE 3rd
string TE Junior Kyle Sosnowski is out indefinitely with a knee injury. Although he is listed as 3rd string
he brings some experience, and a relatively high rating coming out of HS. This injury will not be an impact early in
the season, but keep an eye on it.
18. BOSTON COLLEGE backup QB Junior
Josh Bordner is listed as questionable in Wk1 with a knee injury. Senior Chase Rettig has a firm grasp on the
team and offense, and could be in for a solid year depending on how quickly he
adjusts to the new offense under first year HC Steve Addazio.
19. BOWLING GREEN STARTING Junior CB
Darrell Hunter is out indefinitely with a wrist injury. Hunter was a starter for the last 1.5 years
and was a key piece of the Falcons #35 pass defense LY. There is some game experience on the two deep
but none have the experience or tackles Hunter has amassed in 2 seasons
especially when considering backup CB Devin McKoy is OUT FOR THE SEASON after
leaving the team. That means their 2nd
and 3rd CB’s are OUT for an indefinite period of time, with the
latter missing the entire season.
20. BOWLING GREEN STARTING RB Anthon
Samuel has left the team for personal reasons and is OUT FOR THE SEASON. Samuel had rushed for over 1,800 yards in the
L2 years and will be sorely missed.
Sophomore Andre Givens, a highly rated RB out of HS, will step into the
vacancy after rushing for just 134 yards in 2012.
21. BUFFALO STARTING Senior WR Fred
Lee is listed as questionable for the Bulls opener at Ohio State due to an
ankle injury. Lee is the #2 WR on the
Bulls, and as a senior brings a ton of experience. If he cannot go it will have an impact on the
Bulls.
22. BUFFALO WR Cordero Dixon, who
was battling Marucs McGill for the starting spot, is questionable for the
opener with a head injury. Although
Dixon brings experience to the depth chart McGill is the more explosive and
figures to win the starting job.
23. BUFFALO STARTING RG Dillon Guy
is listed as questionable for the Bulls opener at Ohio State with a foot
injury. Guy is one of 2 new starter’s on
the Bulls front, and he played in 10 games LY starting none. There is zero experience at the G position on
the depth chart, and that will have an impact on the team, especially in
Columbus vs. Ohio State Saturday if he cannot go.
24. BYU backup FS Sam Lee is
questionable for the opener at Virginia with a back injury. Lee is in his first year with the Cougars
after transferring in from a JC. There
is some experience on the 2 deep at S so this injury should not have much of an
impact at all.
25. BYU STARTING Junior CB Jordan
Johnson is OUT FOR THE SEASON with a knee injury. Johnson was BY FAR the top returning CB for
BYU, earning 1st Team All-Indy LY.
To make matter worse at CB their top JC signing of the offseason was CB
Trent Trammell who is also OUT FOR THE SEASON with a knee injury. The Cougars have serious injury concerns in
their defensive backfield, especially for the opener in Charlottesville versus
Virginia.
26. BYU backup DT Tuni Kanuch is OUT
FOR THE SEASON with a torn pectoral.
With the Cougars running a 3-4 base defense Kanuch’s absence will impact
the depth at DT. They still have Justin
Blackmore, a junior with good size, but he has only appeared in 3 games during
his 2 years on campus.
27. CENTRAL MICHIGAN has named
Junior Cody Kater as their STARTING QB.
This move does not come as much of a surprise as he was the only QB on
the roster with experience LY, and he will take over for the departed Ryan
Radcliff, who departs as the #2 career passer in CMU history.
28. CALIFORNIA has named True
Freshman Jared Goff as their STARTING QB.
This decision comes as somewhat of a surprise as many expected redshirt
Freshman Zach Kline to take over the starting role.
29. CALIFORNIA #5 WR Maurice Harris,
a highly rated sophomore, is listed as questionable for Wk1 vs. Northwestern
with a hand injury. The Bears list 4
starting WR’s on their depth chart, with Harris the first off the bench. Although Harris has limited experience he
does have more than the other #2’s on the depth chart making his potential
absence in Gm1 a very small issue.
30. CALIFORNIA STARTING SS Avery
Sebastian, a junior that was HM All-Pac 12 LY, is listed as questionable for
the opener vs. Northwestern with a neck injury.
It appears Sebastian will likely at least miss the opener, a loss that
would be significant considering there is no experienced depth at SS behind
him.
31. CALIFORNIA backup MLB David
Wilkerson has left the team for personal reasons and is thus OUT FOR THE
SEASON. He did not play LY so although
Wilkerson was a highly rated prospect, he has not made any impact since 2011
and thus his absence will not be a huge factor.
32. CALIFORNIA STARTING DE Brennan
Scarlett, who was one of their better LB LY before going down late in the
season with an injury, is listed as questionable for their opener vs.
Northwestern with a hand injury.
Scarlett is moving to DE as the Bears switch back to a 4-3 after one
terrible season of playing 3-4, and will be missed if he misses any period of
time. Look for talented Sophomore Todd
Barr to step in when/if Scarlett cannot go – which isn’t a huge drop in talent,
but production wise it’s a drop off.
33. CALIFORNIA backup FS Alex Logan,
a senior, is questionable for the Bears opener vs. Northwestern with a foot
injury. Logan brings experience to the
rotation, but Junior Michael Lowe is firmly entrenched as the starter.
34. CALIFORNIA backup RG Geoffrey
Gibson is listed as questionable for their opener vs. Northwestern with a
hamstring injury. He played in 10 games
LY starting none – so his absence will impact depth as there are no other
experienced G’s on the roster. But
overall it should not have an enormous effect in the season opener.
35. CINCINNATI STARTING Senior C Dan
Sprague is out indefinitely with a knee injury.
Sprague started 13 LY for the Bearcats and was one of five returning OL
for Cincy this season. So there is clear
experience along the rest of the front to suffer one loss like Sprague, but his
backups have no experience and C is the most key of all the OL spots.
36. CLEMSON lost backup QB Chad
Kelly to a torn ACL in the spring. With
reigning ACC POY & Heisman contender Tajh Boyd under center the Tigers are
a clear National Title contender.
37. CLEMSON is likely down a pair of
TE’s for at least the opener. Projected
STARTING TE Jordan Leggett, a true freshman, has a banged up knee and is likely
out for the opener vs. Georgia. In
addition Junior Sam Cooper is OUT FOR THE SEASON after suffering a torn ACL in
the spring. Clemson still has a pair of
highly rated & talented TE’s, but as long as these two remain out the size
of the two remaining could be an issue – especially versus Georgia in Death
Valley next weekend.
38. COLORADO has named QB Connor
Wood the STARTER FOR THE 2013 SEASON.
39. COLORADO STARTING Junior TE Kyle
Slavin is listed as questionable for their opener vs. rival Colorado State in
Denver with a hand injury. The loss of
Slavin will not have a big impact at all with Sophomore Vincent Hobbs, the
backup, returning with more career catches than Slavin.
40. COLORADO STARTING Junior WR
Tyler McCulloch, the #2 returning WR for Colorado heading into 2013, listed as
questionable with a foot injury. The
Buffaloes have what could be an under-rated WR corps this season headlined by
the return of Junior Paul Richardson, who missed all of LY with a torn ACL,
along with Spruce & McCulloch.
Despite the relative lack of depth behind those three, there will not be
a massive drop-off in WR production if McCulloch misses an early game or two.
41. UCONN STARTING Sophomore S
Andrew Adams is out indefinitely with a shoulder injury. The severity of the injury is unknown, but
considering the Huskies open with Towson at home, followed by a bye before
hosting both Maryland and Michigan, it appears highly likely Adams at least
sits versus FCS Towson. Adams will
likely be replaced by Sophomore Wilbert Lee, who has similar experience to
Adams.
42. UCONN STARTING Senior DE Jesse
Joseph is now out for Thursday’s opener vs. Towson. Joseph, a former 1st Team All Big
East selection in 2010, is coming off a medical RS in 2012 and is still
recovering. If he cannot go expect
Senior Tim Willman to step in, which if both players are at full blast is a
clear step back. But with the unknown
status of Joseph, and the fact they are facing FCS foe Towson, his absence
shouldn’t be too significant.
43. UCONN STARTING Sophomore TE Sean
McQuillan is questionable for Thursday’s opener as he is still suffering from
concussion like symptoms. His status is
unknown moving forward, but will not have much of an impact on the Huskies
offense.
44. DUKE backup redshirt Freshman LT
Tanner Stone is OUT FOR THE SEASON with an ankle injury. Stone’s loss will not have a huge impact, and
the Blue Devils should have their best starting OL in possibly 10 years as they
return 113 career starts.
45. EAST CAROLINA had planned on
returning 4 of their Top 5 WR’s from LY.
However, eligibility has cost them their #2 & #4 receivers from
LY. Sophomore WR Jabril Wilson, LY’s #2
WR, projected to be this year’s #5 WR, is OUT FOR THE SEASON. Likewise STARTING Senior WR Justin Jones,
LY’s #4 WR, projected to be a starter this season, is OUT FOR THE SEASON. The Pirates were projected to have perhaps
the top WR unit in the CUSA; with these two losses they take a significant
drop, but at least they still have returning Junior QB Shane Carden throwing
passes.
46. FLORIDA STARTING Junior RT Chaz
Green is OUT FOR THE SEASON with a shoulder injury. Green was a Freshman All American in 2011 and
had 12 starts in 2012. Although there
will be somewhat of a loss of talent I expect Tyler Moore, a very highly touted
transfer from Nebraska, to take over and not cause too much of a vacancy.
47. FLORIDA backup Senior WR Andre
Dubose is OUT FOR THE SEASON with a torn ACL.
Dubose’s absence will not be enormous on offense, however, he has been a
STELLAR special team’s player during his career including running back 4 kicks
for TD. His role was similar to that of
Percy Harvin, and thus he will be missed.
48. FLORIDA STARTING Sophomore MLB
Antonio Morrison will miss the first two games due to a suspension. Morrison had 4 starts & 34 tackles LY as
a true freshman – and there is nobody behind him with any experience at all. His absence could be enormous in the Gators
second game @ rival Miami, Fla. Expect
Freshman Alex Anzalone to potentially step into the vacancy if he can go – he
is nursing a shoulder injury but is expected to be available against Toledo
Saturday.
49. FLORIDA STARTING Senior RG Jon
Halapio will miss the opener vs. Toledo with a pectoral injury. Halapio is among the most veteran of the
Gator offensive linemen with 33 career starts; however, there is talent AND
depth across the entire OL to handle the Toledo front in their opener.
50. FLORIDA STARTING Sophomore RB
Matt Jones will miss the opener vs. Toledo with a virus. Jones has been the clear cut starter out of spring
in the battle to replace Gillislee; with him missing the opener expect true
Freshman Kelvin Taylor to split carries with Junior Mack Brown.
51. FIU STARTING Senior WR Glenn
Coleman is questionable for the opener at Maryland because of academics. He is the team’s #2 returning WR, and his
loss will be felt for sure, especially with all the uncertainty at QB for the
Panthers.
52. FIU STARTING CB Richard Leonard,
one of just 4 returning starters on defense this year is also questionable for
the opener because of academics. Not
only was Leonard a starter on defense he was a stud KR/PR, in fact earning 2nd
Team All SBC KR last season. If he is
unable to go it will not only impact their defense, but also their special
teams.
53. FIU STARTING FS Justin Halley is
questionable for the opener at Maryland with a shoulder injury. Expect Senior Terrance Taylor to step into
the vacated role if Halley cannot go which would be a downgrade in talent &
experience.
54. FLORIDA STATE has 4 WR/TE that
are already OUT FOR THE SEASON:
1. True
Freshman TE Jeremy Kerr – not a big loss, buried deep on the depth chart
2. Senior
TE Kevin Haplea – backup to Junior Nick O’Leary. If O’Leary was to get injured the loss of Haplea
could be significant.
3. Senior
WR Willie Haulstead – second stringer, #6 on depth chart. Haulstead’s role has slowly dropped during
his career.
4. Senior
Jarred Haggins – third stringer, no role so not a big loss.
55. FLORIDA STATE STARTING Senior WR
Greg Dent is out indefinitely due to a suspension. Dent was the #5 WR LY, and returns this year
as the #4. FSU has lost some depth at WR
based on the guys out for the year mentioned above, along with Dent’s
indefinite suspension. What was at one
time projected to be one of the top WR corps in college football has now taken
a step back with all these losses.
56. FRESNO STATE STARTING CB Sean
Alston is OUT FOR THE SEASON with an arm injury. Alston was HM All MWC LY, and his loss will
be felt as there is limited experience behind Alston. I expect Senior Jonathan Norton to step into
the vacated role, but it will certainly be a drop off from Alston.
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