Colorado football wide receivers coach Jason Phillips has seen a lot in his 25-plus years of coaching, but he’s never witnessed anything like what happened last weekend in the Buffs’ loss to Kansas State.
The Buffs lost four wide receivers to injury on Saturday, including star players Travis Hunter and Jimmy Horn Jr. Omarion Miller stepped up and was having a huge game, finishing with eight catches for 145 yards before suffering a leg injury that will cost him extended time. Terrell Timmons Jr. was also taken to the locker room late in the second half with a leg injury.
Fortunately for Colorado, Hunter and Horn are expected to play in Colorado’s Week 8 game against Arizona, per head coach Deion Sanders. Miller and Timmons, however, are out.
On Wednesday, Phillips was asked about the injuries to his wide receiver room:
“I never had that situation happen to me before,” Phillips said of the injuries. “But I tell you what, the guys in the room, that’s why you coach them all. You get everybody ready to play. You have a travel squad list of guys, which is 11 for us, so you get all those guys ready to play. I thought the backups stepped in and did a great job. I’m not bothered by that at all because I think we’ll get a couple of guys back. I don’t know when, but we’ll get them back. I thought those guys stepped in and did the job that we all expected.”
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