We’re back with the injury report for Miami’s College Football Playoff game against Texas A&M. This is now standard in the world of college football, so get used to it.
Miami Head Coach Mario Cristobal gave injury updates during his standard Monday presser. The big one was the statement that, beyond getting nicked up guys healthy, Cristobal “felt strongly” that star Nickel Keionte Scott could return this week.
The initial report came out Wednesday night at 8pm. And with no further ado:
The big news for Miami is the fact that nickel Keionte Scott is listed as probable. That’s the highest classification possible for the injury report. Other players listed are CB Damari Brown, WR Daylyn Upshaw, and LB Malik Bryant as questionable, doubtful, and out, respectively.
Obviously, Brown would be the biggest absence among the non-Scott players on this list. He’s been integral to the Canes secondary all season, especially after Scott went down with his injury, rumored to be turf toe. Brown has been Miami’s best coverage player in the secondary this year, so his absence would be strongly felt.
Additionally, same as last game, CB O.J. Frederique is not listed on the report so he *SHOULD* make his return after missing the previous 7 games.
On the A&M side, starting RB Le’Veon Moss is listed as questionable. He’s missed multiple games with an ankle injury, and has been trying to work his way back. Multiple A&M journalists have said they’ve seen Moss practicing over the past few weeks, so we’ll see if he’s able to play in this game. In my opinion, if he’s able to go at all, Moss will try to play, even if it’s only a handful of snaps.
Other A&M players on the report at DBs Scooby Williams and Bryce Anderson. Both are listed as probable.
So, basically, both teams are near full strength, but several key players have uncertain availability at this point of the week. We’ll have updates as the week progresses.
The Miami Hurricanes face the Texas A&M Aggies in College Station on Saturday at Noon. The game will be televised on ABC, and the full suite of ESPN channels for secondary broadcasts.
Go Canes
