Oklahoma at Auburn: Sooners list five WRs out on Friday injury report

Both Oklahoma and Auburn enter their Week 5 matchup with quarterback questions. But they’re also dealing with injuries, and their Friday injury reports showed where things stand – including a fifth wide receiver ruled out.

OU is expected to be down a slew of wide receivers, including Deion Burks. The highly ranked transfer popped up as “Out” on Thursday’s injury report as he became one of four receivers who are expected to miss Saturday’s matchup on The Plains. That number became five when Nic Anderson came up on the report and ruled out.

As for Auburn, three players are expected to be out for the matchup, headlined by two defensive backs. Tyler Scott and Champ Anthony were both ruled out Thursday and maintained that status on Friday. Here are both Oklahoma and Auburn’s Friday injury reports.

Oklahoma at Auburn Friday injury report

Oklahoma Sooners

• WR Jayden Gibson – Out
• WR Jalil Farooq – Out
• WR Andrel Anthony – Out
• WR Deion Burks – Out
• WR Nic Anderson – Out
• RB Taylor Tatum – Out
• DB Gentry Williams – Out
• DB Kendel Dolby – Out
• OL Geirean Hatchett – Out
• K Tyler Keltner – Out
• LB Dasan McCullough – Out
• OL Jake Taylor – Probable

Auburn Tigers

• DB Tyler Scott – Out
• DB Champ Anthony – Out
• TE Brandon Frazier – Out
• DL Isaiah Raikes – Probable
• K Alex McPherson – Probable
• OL Izavion Miller – Probable

Oklahoma and Auburn are both dealing with questions at the quarterback spot. The Sooners benched Jackson Arnold last week in the loss to Tennessee while the Tigers will again turn to Payton Thorne after taking a look at Hank Brown against Arkansas a week ago.

The pressure appears to be rising around both programs, and the quarterback movement adds fuel to the fire. But it’s also leading to a conversation about how much patience coaches should have before making a chance.

“The lack of patience at the quarterback position, some of it justified,” ESPN’s Rece Davis said on “The Paul Finebaum Show” Tuesday. “That is something I’ve noticed about quarterback changes and coaches being candid about reasoning, which I’m not against at all — I think with the professionalization of college football particularly, you get to a point where if a guy is maybe not performing to the best of his capabilities or he’s not performing quite at the level you had hoped, you’re going to say so.

“We’ve seen that Oklahoma, we’ve seen it at Auburn. And I think in the past maybe guys were a little more reluctant to do so. But that’s been something I’ve noticed from a grand scheme in terms of how coaches are dealing with the success or failure or frustrations of their teams.”