Chargers activate CB Harris Jr., DE Ingram back on IR
COSTA MESA — The Los Angeles Chargers made a couple of defensive moves on Friday as they finished preparations for Sunday’s game at Buffalo.
Cornerback Chris Harris Jr. has been activated from injured
reserve after missing the past seven games due to a foot injury. Harris’ addition will come in handy after Casey Hayward Jr. was ruled out due to a groin injury. It will snap a string of 106 consecutive games played for Hayward, the longest active streak among cornerbacks.
Coach Anthony Lynn also said that Brandon Facyson has been activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list after being out the last three games.
The defensive line will be dealing with depth issues. End Uchenna Nwosu is out due to a shoulder injury that he sustained in last Sunday’s win over the New York Jets. Melvin Ingram (knee) has been placed on injured reserve for the second time this season.
Lynn said running back Austin Ekeler could be activated on Saturday after practicing this week. Ekeler suffered a hamstring injury at Tampa Bay on Oct. 4 that has kept him out the last six games. Ekeler led the AFC in scrimmage yards and was averaging 126 yards per game at the time of his injury.
Woman soccer player will dress, poised to play for Vandy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Women’s soccer player Sarah Fuller will don a football uniform Saturday for Vanderbilt and is poised to become the first woman to play in a Power 5 game when the Commodores visit Missouri.
“Let’s make history,” senior Sarah Fuller wrote Friday on
Twitter with a photo of herself wearing a football jersey with a soccer ball between her feet while holding a football in her hands.
No woman has appeared in an Southeastern Conference football game or for any Power 5 gridiron team. Liz Heaston became the first woman to score with two extra points for Willamette in NAIA on Oct. 18, 1997.
Katie Hnida was the first woman to score at the Football Bowl Subdivision level with two extra points for New Mexico on Aug. 30, 2003. April Goss was the second with an extra point for Kent State in 2015. Tonya Butler was the first woman to kick a field goal in an NCAA game for Division II West Alabama on Sept. 13, 2003.