Gophers football team has two key playmakers dealing with injuries

The Gophers’ two best offensive skill players were not on the field to end Tuesday’s practice.

Star tailback Darius Taylor injured his leg on a deep pass from quarterback Drake Lindsey during a 7-on-7 drill. The sophomore stayed down for spell, limped to the sideline, was assessed by athletic trainers and watched most of the rest of practice with an ice pack on his left hamstring.

“The good thing is it’s nothing serious,” head coach P.J. Fleck said. “With our trainers, they are going to obviously keep evaluating (Taylor), but he’s had a great camp up until now. He’s done a really good job, so we will see what they say.”

Taylor had a strong start to his freshman season, but missed seven games due to injury.

No. 1 receiver Daniel Jackson has missed more than a week of practice of fall camp with an undisclosed injury. He also was sidelined when media members attended practice Aug. 6.

“Trainers have decided to hold (Jackson) out a few extra days,” Fleck said. “They have the call on that, so (I) feel great about where he is at. He will be back here soon.”

The Gophers got a dose of good news in the injury front, with veteran safety Darius Green returning to practice. After missing the start of camp with an off-the-field issue, he lit up running back Jordan Nubin during on team period.

“It was really good to get Darius Green back in the mix,” Fleck said. “… You could feel him and see him. He made his presence felt pretty quickly.”

The Gophers will soon enter preparations for North Carolina and Fleck, who doesn’t often share much on injuries, isn’t expected to open the book on the status of two key playmakers when he next speaks to reporters on Monday.

The Gophers also had a handful of other players out, including potential starting receiver Cristian Driver.

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Publish date : 2024-08-13 23:17:00

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