Who's in, who's out? Final injury update for Florida Gators vs Miami
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Several Florida Gators will miss the 2024 season opener against the No. 19 Miami Hurricanes on Saturday.
The most notable names are sophomore safety Bryce Thornton, redshirt freshman receiver Andy Jean, and senior receiver Ja’Quavion Fraziars. Thornton was a late addition to the injury report this week. The sophomore played in all 12 games, including four starts, during his freshman season in 2023. He finished the season with 34 tackles (19 solo), 3.5 tackles-for-loss, 0.5 sacks and a pass breakup. He took over the starting job toward the end of the 2023 season.
Jean missed most of spring camp with a hamstring injury and, once again had the injury bug hit in fall camp.
True freshman receiver Tank Hawkins suffered a shoulder injury in camp but is expected to warm up for the game and is expected to be available to play today if the Gators need him.
The Gators didn’t provide an injury report on the initial depth chart released on Wednesday like they typically do, but that will soon change with a new rule adopted by the SEC.
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“This availability reporting policy is intended to reduce pressure from outside entities seeking participation information and represents a commitment of our 16 institutions to provide enhanced transparency to support efforts to protect our student-athletes and the integrity of competition,” said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.
According to a policy approved by the Conference’s membership, SEC schools will be required to submit availability reports three days prior to each Conference football game (beginning on Wednesday in advance of a Saturday football game) with daily updates leading to a final report 90 minutes prior to game time. In the sports of basketball and baseball, reports will be filed the night before each SEC contest with an update on game day.
Under the reporting structure, prior to game day, student-athletes will be designated as “available,” “probable,” “questionable,” “doubtful,” or “out” for their next game. To provide additional clarity on game day, student-athletes will be designated as “available,” “game time decision,” or “out” for the upcoming game.
Football school availability reports will be posted on the SEC’s website at SECsports.com/FBreports.
Failure to provide accurate and timely availability reports will subject schools to potential penalties ranging from $25,000 for a first offense to $100,000 for a third and further offenses in football, and a maximum of $15,000 to $25,000 in men’s and women’s basketball and baseball.
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