Throughout most of the season, the Oregon Ducks have been able to avoid the injury bug for the most part. While RB Noah Whittington was lost to a season-ending leg injury earlier in the season, and S Bryan Addison has been away from the team due to personal issues, aside from that we don’t know of many major injuries that have taken place.
That appears to be the case going into Conference Championship week as well.
The Ducks got a little bit banged up last weekend against the Oregon State Beavers, with wide receiver Gary Bryant notably taking a tough shot out of bounds, but he seemed to have a positive outlook after the game. The Ducks were also without CB Jahlil Florence in the game, who was using crutches on the sideline.
On Monday night, Lanning offered an update on those injured players:
“He’s out there and getting better,” Lanning said when asked about Bryant. “I think we’ll be in good shape to have him this weekend.”
When it comes to Florence, and fellow cornerback Rodrick Pleasant, Lanning was a little bit less clear.
“I’m expecting us to have some of those guys back,” Lanning said. “We’ll have to wait and see as the week progresses. That’s kind of the way it goes at this point of the season.”
Florence has been one of the top secondary players for Oregon this year, starting the first 11 games of the year. In his absence, Dontae Manning stepped up in a major way and grabbed his first career interception.
Practice is closed to media members this week, so we won’t get a chance to see if any of the aforementioned players are practicing. The best chance we will get to see won’t be until pregame on Friday afternoon.
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