James Washington, who began the preseason as the No. 2 running back, leads the N.C. State injury report, which was released this morning.
Washington has a hamstring injury and is out for Saturday's 6 p.m. game with Western Carolina. During the preseason, redshirt freshman Dean Haynes and freshman Mustafa Greene moved ahead of Washington and Curtis Underwood (who's now the No. 3 running back) on N.C. State's depth chart.
Here is N.C. State's complete injury list. The players with asterisks next to their names are out for the season:
Brandon Barnes, RB - ankle
Jarvis Byrd, CB - knee
Sylvester Crawford, DE - hip
R.J. Mattes, OG - knee
Quinton Payton, WR - finger
Jay Smith, WR - groin
James Washington, HB - hamstring
*Jesse Riley, DB - knee
*Rashard Smith, DB - knee
Comments
What?
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 10:54 — YAR8packI thought Mattes was gonna be back in time for the opener. Apparently not. Hopefully that guy can heal up soon. State's for sure going to need any assistance it can get with that o-line.
MATTES
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 11:40 — JPDOhioI am not sure I have ever seen where Mattes was going to be available for the first game. I was thinking October, although TOB may have stated he might be back sometime in September. I do agree, the sooner the better, but they shouldn' rush it either.
The Haynes decision makes more sense now too, given that Barnes and Washington are both out for this game. It will be interesting to see what happens when they are healthy again.