B1G Teams Returning Starters, Injury Updates

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B1G Teams Injury Updates

RETURNING STARTERS (per Phil Steele):

TeamTotalOffDefQB?K?P?
Indiana18810yesyesno
Maryland1789yesyesyes
NW1578nonono
Illinois16610noyesyes
Rutgers1697yesnoyes
Penn St1578yesyesno
Michigan1578yesnoyes
Minnesota1477nonoyes
Iowa1385yesnoyes
Purdue1385yesyesno
OSU1147nonoyes
MSU1174yesyesyes
Nebraska954yesnoyes
Wisconsin963yesyesyes
ISU16106yesyesno
Pitt1486noyesno
Ball St1266noyesyes



INJURIES, SUSPENSIONS, TRANSFERS, ETC:

Date Conf Team Pos Name Injury/Reason
7/31/2014 AAC Ball St DE Josh Posley Transfer from Cincinnati, will have to sit 2014
7/16/2014 ACC Pittsburgh DE Ejuan Price Torn Pectoral, out for season
8/1/2014 ACC Pittsburgh DB Titus Howard Suspended for season
6/18/2014 Big 10 Illinois RB Matt Domer Denied admission
8/8/2014 Big 11 Illinois LB Mike Svetina Foot
7/24/2014 Big 12 Illinois WR Peter Bonahoom No longer on team
6/19/2014 Big 10 Illinois WR Raphael Barr Late JC Signee
6/11/2014 Big 10 Indiana QB Tre Roberson Transferred to Illinois St
8/17/2014 Big 10 Iowa FB Adam Cox Torn ACL, out for season
5/27/2014 Big 10 Iowa WR AJ Jones Transferred
5/27/2014 Big 10 Iowa RB Barkley Hill Transferred to Northern Iowa
5/27/2014 Big 10 Iowa WR Blake Haluska Retired due to injury
6/11/2014 Big 10 Iowa S Nico Law Left program
7/30/2014 Big 10 Iowa QB Nik Shimonek Transfer to Texas Tech, will sit 2014
5/26/2014 Big 10 Maryland OL Moise Larue Suspended for season
8/1/2014 Big 10 Maryland WR Nigel King Granted release and will transfer to Kansas
7/2/2014 Big 10 Maryland DL Spencer Myers Joined team from wrestling program
8/19/2014 Big 10 Michigan WR Csont'e York Dismissed from team
8/9/2014 Big 10 Michigan DB Delano Hill Jaw
8/2/2014 Big 10 Michigan OL Graham Glasgow Suspension
8/2/2014 Big 10 Michigan TE Jake Butt Knee
6/4/2014 Big 10 Michigan RB Ty Isaac Transfer from USC, must sit 2014
8/18/2014 Big 10 Michigan St OL Connor Kruse Undisclosed
8/2/2014 Big 10 Michigan St DL Damon Knox Undisclosed
7/11/2014 Big 10 Michigan St CB Ezra Robinson Released from Scholarship
5/28/2014 Big 10 Minnesota RG Caleb Bak Retired due to concussions
6/25/2014 Big 10 Minnesota DE Owen Salzwedel Left team
8/3/2014 Big 10 Minnesota QB Philip Nelson Personal
8/18/2014 Big 10 Nebraska DT Aaron Curry Transferring
8/18/2014 Big 10 Nebraska RB Adam Taylor Broken ankle OFY
8/8/2014 Big 10 Nebraska DB Charles Jackson Knee injury out for year
8/17/2014 Big 10 Nebraska OL Corey Whitaker Torn ACL, out for season
6/7/2014 Big 10 Nebraska S Drake Martinez Transferred
7/24/2014 Big 10 Nebraska RB Larenzo Stewart Will head to JUCO
8/8/2014 Big 10 Nebraska DB LeRoy Alexander Suspended for season
7/24/2014 Big 10 Nebraska TE Max Pirman Transferred to Ashland
8/9/2014 Big 10 Nebraska LB Michael Rose Knee injury out for year
6/7/2014 Big 10 Nebraska WR Monte Harrison Was #50 pick in MLB draft and will play baseball
8/14/2014 Big 10 Northwestern WR Christian Jones Out for year (knee)
6/7/2014 Big 10 Northwestern RB Malin Jones Transferred to Louisville
8/14/2014 Big 10 Northwestern RB Venric Mark Will transfer
8/19/2014 Big 10 Ohio St QB Braxton Miller Shoulder
8/16/2014 Big 10 Ohio St DL Dylan Thompson Knee
8/9/2014 Big 10 Ohio St RB Ezekiel Elliott Wrist
8/13/2014 Big 10 Ohio St WR Frank Epitropolous Left team to focus on medical school
8/19/2014 Big 10 Ohio St QB J.T. Barrett None
5/26/2014 Big 10 Ohio St DE Jamal Marcus Transferred to Akron
8/11/2014 Big 10 Ohio St LB Kyle Berger Torn ACL, out for season
8/3/2014 Big 10 Ohio St OL Tommy Brown Transferring to Akron, seeking immediate eligibility
8/2/2014 Big 10 Ohio St DL Tracy Sprinkle Suspension
8/11/2014 Big 10 Penn St RE Adam Breneman Undisclosed
6/14/2014 Big 10 Penn St OL Anthony Alosi Left team
6/14/2014 Big 10 Penn St QB Austin Whipple Transferred
6/25/2014 Big 10 Penn St LB Ben Kline Torn Achilles
6/14/2014 Big 10 Penn St WR Jonathan Warner Left team
8/2/2014 Big 10 Penn St C Miles Dieffenbach Knee
6/14/2014 Big 10 Penn St WR Richy Anderson Left team
7/24/2014 Big 10 Purdue WR Aloyis Gray Transferred
8/2/2014 Big 10 Purdue DB Landon Feichter Suspension
8/2/2014 Big 10 Purdue DB Taylor Richards Suspension
6/19/2014 Big 10 Rutgers WR Andrew Turzilli Graduate transfer from Kansas
6/17/2014 Big 10 Rutgers CB Ian Thomas Left team
8/5/2014 Big 10 Rutgers WR Ruhann Peele Upper Body
8/2/2014 Big 10 Rutgers RB Savon Huggins Shoulder
7/28/2014 Big 10 Rutgers WR Tejay Johnson Career over, injuries
7/20/2014 Big 10 Wisconsin DL Bryce Gilbert Transferring
7/20/2014 Big 10 Wisconsin WR Chris Jones Enrolled at Toledo, will play in 2014
7/20/2014 Big 10 Wisconsin WR Darien Watkins Failed to qualify
8/16/2014 Big 10 Wisconsin LB Derek Landisch Hamstring
7/11/2014 Big 10 Wisconsin OT Jaden Gault Will sit this season due to medical reasons
7/20/2014 Big 10 Wisconsin S Nate Hammon Retired due to injury
8/15/2014 Big 10 Wisconsin DB Vonte Jackson Quit football due to knee injury
8/8/2014 Big 12 Iowa St C Ben Loth Knee injury out for year
 
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note: I adjusted Steele's numbers for 2 lost Defensive starters at Neb (Michael Rose and Aaron Curry), 2 Offensive players at NW (Venric Mark & Christian Jones) and 1 at OSU (Braxton Miller).

Nebraska also lost 2 new Defensive starters.
 


The problem with this approach to prognostication is that it ignores players who may have played a lot but were not listed as 'starters'.
 




NCHawker said:
The problem with this approach to prognostication is that it ignores players who may have played a lot but were not listed as 'starters'.
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Also having 18 returning starters for a crappy team, means you have 18 players back who played bad football collectively...
 


I don't understand how Wisconsin can be so highly ranked this preseason when they return so few starters. One of the only good things they have going for them is that they return their QB, Kicker and Punter.
 




INTIMIDATORHawk said:
I don't understand how Wisconsin can be so highly ranked this preseason when they return so few starters. One of the only good things they have going for them is that they return their QB, Kicker and Punter.
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Wisky also lost a large senior class too like 25-30 letter winners . Lots of depth
 




Letterwinners lost :

IU 24 LW lost (11 off, 12 def, 1 ST)
MD 18 (8, 8, 2)
UM 21 (12,7,2)
MSU 21 (9,11,1)
OSU 18 (10,6,2)
PSU 18 (12,5,1)
RU 21 (11,8,2)
IL 16 (8,6,2)
IA 16 (6,8,2)
MN 16 (8,6,2)
NEB 30 (14,15,1)
NW 14 (4,7,3)
PU 24 (13,10,1)
UW 25 (13,11,1)

 




I think Nebraska will be interesting to watch their season progress, especially if things don't bounce the right way for them in non-conf.

STARTERS RETURNING (O/D): 5*/6 (2 of them have since been lost, Rose injured, Curry transfer)
LETTERMAN RETURNING: 46 (23,20,3)
LETTERMAN LOST: 30 (14,15,1)

For example, they have an early season tough road test @ Fresno State (11-2 in 2013) who only graduated 16 players. However, two of them were QB and WR, drafted in 2nd rd. Offsetting that is a Duke graduate SR transfer who started 3 games for the Blue Devils and played a Wildcat role when not starting at QB (Duke won 10 games). His stats at Duke: Connette completed 90 of 145 passes (62%) for 1,212 yards, 13 touchdowns, and 6 interceptions. He also rushed 101 times for 337 yards and 14 touchdowns. Fresno also returns a WR that caught 79 balls for 1011 yrd and 13 TDs. Fresno returns a pair of RBs that combined for 1453 yds, 13 Tds, plus 74 rec for 463 yrd...the City of Fresno loves their Bulldog football too so expect an amped up crowd.

The Huskers also host Miami, FL in September. So it's not hard to imagine Nebraska starting 2-2 if the ball bounces poorly for them. IF that happens, Pelini is under huge pressure and Husker Nation is going nuts and the wheels could come off for an inexperienced team replacing so many pieces. They play @MSU, @NW, @Wisc, @Iowa.

I personally don't expect them to start 2-2 as I see them beating Miami in Lincoln. Fresno St has a crazy high octane offense though coupled with an inexperienced Husker D could mean a shootout. Offsetting that is Neb has a top flight DL, still their secondary is going to be tested all day long...
 


IU WR Caleb Cornett suspended from all activities following a fight downtown at 3am. Already on probation for OWI. Was expected to get significant PT.
 


Gopher LT Ben Lauer (FR All-American) out with high ankle sprain suffered this week. RT Ben Pirsig returns after sitting out last week with groin injury.

More Gopher injury news:
Wide receiver Drew Wolitarsky and defensive end Michael Amaefula have both been hobbled of late, but coaches say they still think both could be ready for the opener.
* Tight end Duke Anyanwu tore his ACL the first weekend of practice, and that was a tough blow because Anyanwu would have been one of the first replacements for Maxx Williams.
* Offensive lineman Jared Weyler also tore an ACL during camp, but he's a true freshman who likely would have redshirted anyway.
* The Gophers continue to take it slow with offensive lineman Jon Christenson, who is making his way back from last November's broken leg. They hope left
tackle Ben Lauer (high ankle sprain) is ready to practice at full-speed Sunday

OC Matt Limegrover and WR Drew Wolitarsky held out of practice today Aug 21. Status uncertain for opener.
 
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Badger starting LB David Landish out with hamstring on Aug 13th. Hopes to be ready for opener.

LB Vince Biegel (concussion Aug 13) and LB Michael Trotter (hammy) have been out with injuries, but are participating and may be ready for opener.
 


Nebraska

DT Michael Williams carted off field Aug 18 with ankle injury was in boot yesterday (Wed) on bike at practice. Missed 2013 with knee injury. He had unseated Aaron Curry, who announced his transfer earlier this week. Pelini asked OL Jerald Foster (FR) to moved to DT.

LB Michael Rose out for season with knee injury Aug 8
DB Charles Jackson lost to knee injury Aug 8
OL Corey Whitaker out for year with torn ACL Aug 15
S Leroy Alexander suspended for season Aug 8
RB Adam Taylor broken ankle

Junior fullback Andy Janovich and junior right tackle Zach Sterup, who missed practice Saturday, are 50-50 for the season opener, but neither is thought to be long term injury.
 


HawkinGoferLand said:
Gopher LT Ben Lauer (FR All-American) out with high ankle sprain suffered this week. RT Ben Pirsig returns after sitting out last week with groin injury.

More Gopher injury news:
Wide receiver Drew Wolitarsky and defensive end Michael Amaefula have both been hobbled of late, but coaches say they still think both could be ready for the opener.
* Tight end Duke Anyanwu tore his ACL the first weekend of practice, and that was a tough blow because Anyanwu would have been one of the first replacements for Maxx Williams.
* Offensive lineman Jared Weyler also tore an ACL during camp, but he's a true freshman who likely would have redshirted anyway.
* The Gophers continue to take it slow with offensive lineman Jon Christenson, who is making his way back from last November's broken leg. They hope left
tackle Ben Lauer (high ankle sprain) is ready to practice at full-speed Sunday

OC Matt Limegrover and WR Drew Wolitarsky held out of practice today Aug 21. Status uncertain for opener.
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Prize recruit Jeff Jones, RB is ineligible to participate with team activities until he posts 2.5+ GPA for fall.

Starting DT Scott Epke injured vs E.IL. out for season with knee injury

WR Drew Wolitarsky may be back this week from shoulder injury

defensive end Alex Keith and defensive tackle Yoshoub Timms both injured but not lost for season.

starting defensive end Michael Amaefula missed opener, but could be back this week.
 


HawkinGoferLand said:
Nebraska

DT Michael Williams carted off field Aug 18 with ankle injury was in boot yesterday (Wed) on bike at practice. Missed 2013 with knee injury. He had unseated Aaron Curry, who announced his transfer earlier this week. Pelini asked OL Jerald Foster (FR) to moved to DT.

LB Michael Rose out for season with knee injury Aug 8
DB Charles Jackson lost to knee injury Aug 8
OL Corey Whitaker out for year with torn ACL Aug 15
S Leroy Alexander suspended for season Aug 8
RB Adam Taylor broken ankle

Junior fullback Andy Janovich and junior right tackle Zach Sterup, who missed practice Saturday, are 50-50 for the season opener, but neither is thought to be long term injury.
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DE Randy Gregory had orthoscopic knee surgery this week and will miss Saturday's game.

Randy Gregory wasn't suited up for Tuesday's practice. No surprise. Right tackle Zach Sterup returned, as coach Bo Pelini indicated he would. Other guys on the injury watch this week: Brandon Reilly, Sam Burtch and Kevin Williams
 


HawkinGoferLand said:
Badger starting LB David Landish out with hamstring on Aug 13th. Hopes to be ready for opener.

LB Vince Biegel (concussion Aug 13) and LB Michael Trotter (hammy) have been out with injuries, but are participating and may be ready for opener.
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Wisconsin will be without starting defensive lineman Warren Herring and fullback Derek Watt for at least the next month.

Herring, who injured his right knee on the final play of the third quarter against LSU, underwent surgery Wednesday and is expected to be out four to six weeks.

Watt injured his right foot against LSU. The earliest he is expected to return is the first week in November.

RB Melvin Gordon hip flexor

QB Joel Stave out indefinitely

defensive end Konrad Zagzebski was limited in practice Tuesday and Wednesday but is expected to play Saturday against Western Illinois.


 
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