At Monday’s news conference following Florida’s 45-16 loss at Missouri, Gators interim head coach Randy Shannon announced several injuries that will affect the rest of the season and beyond.
- Redshirt freshman offensive lineman Brett Heggie went down with an apparent left knee injury in the first quarter against the Tigers, and Shannon confirmed the “lower leg extremity” injury is severe enough to end Heggie’s season.
- Freshman wide receiver Kadarius Toney will miss Saturday’s contest as he continues to hear from the shoulder injury he suffered in Florida’s 17-16 loss to LSU. Defensive end Jachai Polite (shoulder) will also miss Florida’s match-up with the Gamecocks.
- Defensive end Jabari Zuniga (ankle), defensive back Shawn Davis and center T.J. McCoy will return against the Gamecocks. “Jabari will be fine. T.J. will be fine. Jachai and Kadarius will not play this week,” Shannon said. “They haven’t recovered from the injury, haven’t responded yet. And they’re in the same position they were in last week. So, when you have that type of situation, you can’t put a young man in those situations and try to play them.”
- Sophomore wide receiver Tyrie Cleveland is still not fully healed from the ankle injury, but it won’t affect his status for Saturday’s game.
- Quarterbacks Jake Allen and Kyle Trask remain out with undisclosed injuries.
Did he mention Perine’s injury?
It’s a shame that non injured players may suffer injuries in the remaining games which are both meaningless, and probably not gong to be played with any real intensity.
Was Jake Allen hurt holding the clipboard? My god, when it rains it pours.
He was hurt trying to make sure noone starts calling for the coaches to burn his redshirt this year. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the other injuries are also taking longer to heal for the same reason. Heck, if the SCar game gets out of hand you should probably just sit Cleveland and let that ankle heal for the rest of the season.
As it stands, a bowl game and winning season are still possible so — Go Gators!!
Damn, another one bites the dust.