USF Injury Updates

Safety Tyson Butler strained his hamstring, doubtful for Saturday. (Picture: www.gousfbulls.com)

From Greg Auman - Safety Tyson Butler is the newest member to join the short list of aches and pains for the Bulls. Butler missed practice yesterday with a hamstring strain, making it possible he could miss the game on Saturday as a key reserve.

Holtz has a policy that players that do not practice on Wednesday and Thursday will not play on Saturday, so it would appear that Butler will sit and rest up this weekend.

Quenton Washington Out for UTEP

Quenton Washington won't play this week.

From Adam Adkins - After a rough game against FAMU, senior cornerback Quenton Washington has been shut down for the week and will miss the game against UTEP.

Defensive back coach Rick Smith stated that Washington had been struggling and was in jeopardy of losing his job at least for a few series and now he will miss the week and game.

Washington has been dealing with a knee injury since Vero Beach, nothing major, but something that has been nagging him and has probably been slowing him down quite a bit. By taking the week off and sitting out the game, he should near full strength for the Big East season opener next week at Pitt.

Junior George Baker has been playing well and will probably get the start against UTEP. Sophomore JaQuez Jenkins, who returned from missing the last week with a hamstring issue, will help add depth and could get plenty of playing time as well as a reserve or in nickel package.

Bulls Have Two New Injuries

Defensive back JaQuez Jenkins has a new hamstring injury. (Picture: www.gousfbulls.com)

As reported by Greg Auman in his story last night mentioned two injuries that should be noted for the Bulls as they prepare for FAMU this week and down the road.

Slot receiver Joel Miller missed the Ball State game due to a concussion, this is the first time we have heard about this injury (not specified when it occurred). Lindsey Lamar got the start along with Victor Marc getting a lot of looks at wide receiver as well. Miller is a veteran player so hopefully he can rest and recover quickly. Bulls are deep at receiver, so there is no need to push a player back and especially with that type of injury.

Jenkins Seeing More Time at Cornerback?

Safety JaQuez Jenkins could see more time at cornerback early in the season due to injuries.

An interesting note from Greg Auman and Adam Adkins yesterday was the play of JaQuez Jenkins at cornerback.

A few days ago, we mentioned that Jenkins (6-2 195-pound sophomore) had been to cornerback (naturally a safety) to help in nickel coverage. Now it appears he is getting more time at corner is regular packages due to the injury concerns for George Baker (groin) and Spencer Boyd (knee). Jenkins was taking snaps with the second team defense and could easily find his way onto the field.

As GA pointed out, Jenkins did play some corner in high school so making the transition won't be too hard for him and his size will give him an advantage matching up with bigger wide receivers (Michael Floyd comes to mind).

Having both Baker and Boyd injured is reason to be alarmed. The Bulls are already thin at corner behind the starters, Webster and Washington. True freshman Kenneth Durden has played well and might get a lot more playing time than the coaches wanted and Ricardo Dixon, Tyson Butler, and Ernie Tabuteau, will all have to step up in reserve roles if Baker and Boyd are unable to recover quickly from injuries.

Top 10 Moments of the 2010 Football Season: Number 10

Are you guys as anxious as we are for this football season to finally start already? If you've been counting (which we're sure you have), then you know there are a mere 70 days until the Bulls kick off in South Bend. Luckily, we have figured out a way to make those ten weeks appear a little shorter. We've put together a collection of what we think were the ten best moments of last football season, and we'll be sharing one each week until kickoff. These moments are not necessarily the play of the game or a reminiscence the best player's performance, but rather they are the ten moments this season that excited us the most and got us up out of our seats, cheering with pride. Now, our last post will still be one week before September 3rd, but hopefully by then you've found something to occupy yourself for seven days (maybe spend that time driving up to South Bend?).

Read on as we begin the countdown with the #10 moment of the 2010 USF football season after the jump.