LB Edmonds out with sprained foot

JONESBORO — Arkansas State University starting junior free safety B.J. Edmonds missed Tuesday’s non-contact practice with a sprained foot.

It is unclear if Edmonds, who started each of ASU’s two games at safety and was on crutches Tuesday, will be available Saturday at Tulsa, said ASU Coach Blake An- derson.

The Red Wolves have “bumps and bruises across the board,” Anderson said following their 50-point loss Saturday at No. 1 Alabama. Arkansas State did not wear pads in Tuesday’s practice, which allowed multiple injured players to practice while avoiding contact.

Anderson said Edmonds has a “very good possibility” to be available Saturday.

“I’d like to think so,” Anderson said. “There’s a very good possibility that he will be [available]. He looks better today than he looked yesterday.”

Edmonds has eight tackles in two games this season, tying the fourthmost on the Red Wolves’ defense.

Senior defensive back Justin Clifton also did not practice Tuesday, but is expected to return today. Edmonds 3 Oklahoma and the eventual No. 1 selection in the 2018 NFL Draft, quarterback Baker Mayfield.

It worked then. There’s a reason Tulsa switched to it at a time of need in its opener.

“Not very many people in college football are playing it right now,” Hansen said. “The biggest thing about it is they started off the season playing something else and then have kind of shifted. Just a completely different look than what they showed at the beginning of the year.”

The best way for the Red Wolves’ up-tempo, air-it-out offense to beat the scheme is preparation and being themselves, they say.

“We’ve got to try to find a way to attack them with what we do, so there’s not a whole bunch of change for our kids,” Faulker said. “We want as much of carryover from each week as we can, which allows us to play fast.”