It’s not even the start of official practice yet but Notre Dame football has already suffered a significant injury.
Wide receiver Kevin Austin, who was suspended for 2019 but is a big reason for huge expectations for the 2020 receiving corps, has broken his foot.
From the Notre Dame Football PR Staff on Twitter:
August 5 – Injury Update pic.twitter.com/PZY46YOeD2
— Notre Dame Football PR Team (@NDFootballPR) August 5, 2020
The good news is that he’s not out for the season but the bad news is obvious. It’s a broken foot and not an injury that likely just is gone and forgotten about the second it’s technically healed.
Strength building and conditioning will come after as his potential 2020 outbreak so many are expecting, takes a major hit.
Austin only has five receptions in his Notre Dame career but was likely to enter 2020 as a starter and the benefactor of a significant amount of targets.
We’ll have more on this news at Fighting Irish Wire as more information becomes available.