Notre Dame is only three days into fall practice but the injury bug has already started to make its unwanted presence around the football team.
Just over a week ago news came out that receiver Kevin Austin, who was expected to have a breakout season, broke his foot and will be out an unknown amount of time.
Then on the first day of actual practice this past Wednesday we got word that three players would go on medical scholarship as their football careers are over due to different injuries.
And Friday morning brought news that defensive lineman NaNa Osafo-Mensah will likely miss the entire 2020 season after injuring his knee in football related activities on Tuesday and having surgery to repair his lateral meniscus on Thursday.
August 14 – Injury Update pic.twitter.com/NMOd09Oh3z
— Notre Dame Football PR Team (@NDFootballPR) August 14, 2020
Osafa-Mensah was a four-star recruit getting set to start his sophomore campaign at Notre Dame. Osafa-Mensah played in two games as a freshman in 2019, recording a tackle against New Mexico.
Osafa-Mensah figured to be in a battle to make the second string on the depth chart as an edge rusher behind the likes of Daelin Hayes and Ade Ogundeji.