Injuries sideline several players
Some top talents ailing for West Va., OSU, Kansas State.
West Virginia safety Karl Joseph, who was vying to be the Big 12’s best defensive player, hurt his knee Tuesday in practice and is out for the season.
Joseph’s five interceptions led the country.
“I am devastated and heartbroken for Karl,” said Mountaineers coach Dana Holgorsen in a statement. “He is a young man who has given everything he has to our football program and university over the past four years and who elected to return to WVU for his senior season to earn his degree and to be a part of something special with this team.”
Brewer cleared: Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Brewer is healing far more quickly than anyone initially thought when he broke his collarbone in three places against defending national champion Ohio State a month ago.
Brewer, a former star for Lake Travis High School, was cleared to play this week and went through his first practice on Tuesday.
There is a chance he could see action Friday against North Carolina State.
OSU’s Simmons out: Oklahoma State linebacker Ryan Simmons, considered a top defensive leader for the Cowboys, will miss the rest of the season after undergoing knee surgery.
Simmons posted the news on Twitter and Instagram.
He was a preseason all-conference pick and was considered a locker room leader for the Cowboys, which, statistically, have the best defense in the Big 12.
Anyone wanna play QB?: Kansas State’s quarterback situation has become so dire that the big uglies from the trenches are volunteering to play under center.
In the first four weeks, the Wildcats have had four quarterbacks go down to injuries and a fifth lost to illness. Coach Bill Snyder has never seen anything like it in his 24 years in Manhattan.
Snyder joked that he’s using 295-pound defensive lineman Will Geary at quarterback.
Geary has volunteered, if need be. So has Dalton Risner, a 6-5, 300-pound offensive tackle.
Aggies get S.A. Jay recruit: Moses Reynolds, a two-way standout and the younger brother of Aggies star receiver Josh Reynolds, has committed to play for Texas A&M.
Reynolds, who plays quarterback and free safety for San Antonio Jay, also was part of a national story involving two of his teammates blindsiding Robert Watts, a game official, during a high school game last month in Marble Falls.
Reynolds was ejected from the game after his second unsportsmanlike penalty. According to ESPN’s “Outside the Lines,” Reynolds told his coaches that Watts had used a racial slur when speaking to him.