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Deion Burks, Taylor Tatum now OUT for OU at Auburn

Bob Przybyloby:Bob Przybylo09/26/24

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Oklahoma Sooners running back Taylor Tatum (8) runs past Tulane Green Wave safety Kevin Adams III (23) fro a touchdown during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Tulane Green Wave at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024.

The OU update to the availability report is not a good one. The Sooners are already down a bunch of guys and more got added to the list.

Running back Taylor Tatum, wide receiver Deion Burks and Andrel Anthony have now been downgraded to OUT for the Sooners’ showdown at Auburn.

Wednesday Original Report

There are a lot of question marks for OU as it heads on the road for the first time this season.

The Sooners play at Auburn on Saturday. And they’ll need as many healthy bodies as possible. The first availability report of the week was released Wednesday night. Here is this week’s availability report for OU and Auburn:

Keltner is maybe the biggest surprise of the group. But it does not appear to be a serious injury for Keltner. Senior Zach Schmit will take over kicking duties this week for Keltner.

There are several questions regarding the long-term future of both Anthony and Anderson, two guys many expected to be healthy at this point. Coach Brent Venables declined to comment on their futures on Wednesday at the SEC teleconference.

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“Again, I’m just going to stay out of all of that,” Venables said. “We have a protocol now that we go to that gives you an up to date, almost an up to the minute progress report for those guys. Whenever some other decisions or types of decisions are made on someone from a long-term standpoint, I’ll let you know as soon as those type of things are finalized.”

SEC availability reports

The availability reports are new for OU and in the SEC this season, with schools being required to release information regarding players’ availability for conference games. Teams must release an initial availability report on Wednesday by 7 p.m. CT followed by a daily report on Thursday and Friday, which must be released between the end of practice. Injured players will have one of the five designations on Wednesday-Friday.

  • Available: 100% chance to play, only will be listed if the player was previously on an availability report
  • Probable: Probable to play, 75% chance to play
  • Questionable: Uncertain to play, 50% chance to play
  • Doubtful: Unlikely to play, 25% chance to play
  • Out: Will not play, 0% chance to play

There will be another availability report released on Saturdays 90 minutes before kickoff with the following designations.

  • Available: Will dress for the game and be available to play.
  • Game Time Decision: Coaches and/or medical personnel need to evaluate the student-athlete in pre-game warmups before deciding whether he can participate in the game.
  • Out: Not dressing or available for the game.

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