Missouri football lists 16 players on first injury, availability report before Texas A&M

Missouri football listed 16 players on its injury and availability report Wednesday, which is its first mandatory report leading up to its matchup Saturday against Texas A&M in Columbia.

Four players are listed with a probable designation: starting tight end Brett Norfleet, rotational cornerback Jahlil Florence, rotational defensive end Jaden Jones and backup linebacker Bobby Washington.

Seven players are listed as questionable: starting left tackle Cayden Green, starting defensive ends Langden Kitchen and Darris Smith, starting linebacker Robert Woodyard Jr., starting safeties Santana Banner and Kensley Louidor-Faustin and return specialist/wide receiver DaMarion Fowlkes.

Five players, all of whom were already expected to miss the game this coming Saturday, were listed as out: running backs Ahmad Hardy and Malae Fonoti, tight end Gavin Hoffman, safety JaDon Blair and right tackle Josh Atkins.

“We were beat up after that game,” Mizzou head coach Eli Drinkwitz said Tuesday about MU’s last game against Florida. “That was a physical SEC game.”

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The SEC-mandated reports are required of member organizations every night beginning Wednesday in the leadup to an in-conference matchup, with the final report publishing 90 minutes before kickoff. 

The possible designations, from most likely to play to least likely, are as follows: available; probable; questionable; doubtful; out.

Texas A&M listed three players on its Wednesday report.

Starting Aggies wide receiver Mario Craver is questionable to face the Tigers, and offensive lineman Blake Ivy and wideout Terry Bussey have been ruled out.

Mizzou will face Texas A&M at 11 a.m. Saturday on Faurot Field in Columbia. The matchup will air at 11 a.m. Thursday.

This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Missouri football lists 16 players on first injury, availability report before Texas A&M