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Utah State running back Rahsul Faison (3) runs in motion across the line of scrimmage during an NCAA football game on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024 in Logan, Utah. | Tyler Tate
Injuries of practically any kind have not gone all that well for Utah State football this season.
For the most part, Aggies who’ve been injured have been ruled out for the season at this point.
That includes numerous starters, upwards of 13 now.
There is good news on the injury front for USU this week, though.
Starting running back Rahsul Faison hardly played against Washington State — he carried the ball twice for a total of three yards — due to a knee injury suffered against Wyoming.
Faison isn’t expected to miss any more time with that injury though and interim head coach Nate Dreiling believes he will be back in action, for real this time, Saturday against Hawaii.
“He should be good to go this week,” Dreiling said. “… Kind of a minor injury, but if he’s not 100% it just doesn’t look right and you have Herschel (Turner) to back him up, which we feel confident in. I’m 100% or pretty close to 100% sure that we will have him this weekend.”
USU had hoped that Faison would have a bigger role against Washington State, but the knee injury flared up in a way that made it a bad idea to force him into the action.
“He was probable last weekend,” Dreiling said. “The swelling in his knee was a little bit too much, he couldn’t push off of it.”
Turner carried the majority of the load in place of Faison against WSU and the true freshman impressed.
Turner accounted for 111 all-purpose yards in his first career start, and rushed for 86 yards on 16 carries, averaging better than five yards per rush.
It was an encouraging performance and one Turner hopes to build on going forward.
“It was a blessing to me to have the opportunity,” he said…
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Publish date : 2024-11-12 01:21:24
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