Wisconsin injury report vs. Purdue sees key defensive starter listed as ‘questionable’

Wisconsin injury report vs. Purdue sees key defensive starter listed as ‘questionable’

This story was updated to add new information.

Wisconsin released its updated availability report for its Week 6 game against Purdue.

Those listed as ‘out’ include RB Chez Mellusi, QB Tyler Van Dyke, WR Joseph Griffin Jr., OL Leyton Nelson and DL James Thompson Jr. None of those designations come as any surprise.

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Those with the ‘questionable’ designation are CB Max Lofy, true freshman WR Kyan Berry-Johnson and starting OLB Aaron Witt.

Lofy’s inclusion is expected — he left Wisconsin’s Week 5 loss to USC with an injury. Witt, meanwhile, is the most notable player listed. He’s been arguably Wisconsin’s best outside linebacker through four games and finally appears to be past the lingering injuries that held him out for multiple years.

The in-game snap distribution should tell us more about the extent of Witt’s injury.

One notable omission from the injury report is true freshman OLB Thomas Heiberger. He was an offseason standout after joining the program as a four-star commit in the class of 2024. A knee injury halted his progress, though he now appears fully healed.

It’s worth watching whether Heiberger sees the field against the Boilermakers. Wisconsin is still in search of strong production from the position.

Purdue, meanwhile, enters Saturday’s game without starting CB Markevious Brown, who recently stepped away from the team. Here is the Boilermakers’ status report, which sees WR Jahmal Edrine possibly returning to the field after missing the last two games:

The Badgers and Boilermakers will kick off at noon ET, 11 a.m. CT on Big Ten Network.

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