Thor Nystrom tracks players opting out of upcoming bowl games as well as the coaching changes around the college football landscape. Thor will update the article through the remainder of the season to keep you updated on bowl games, college prospects, and the 2023 NFL Draft.
And below we’ll take a closer look at the upcoming bowl game.
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Fiesta Bowl: 2022 College Football Playoffs News, Player Opt-Out Tracker & Game Preview (Michigan vs. TCU)
- Saturday, December 31 | 3:00 PM
- Michigan (-7.5) vs. TCU | Total: 58.5
- ATL: Michigan -4.6 | ATT: 62
TCU
- WR Quincy Brown (Injury)
- WR Caleb Medford (Transfer portal)
TCU is at full-strength. WR Brown has been out since early-September with a knee or ankle injury that appears to be season-ending. He and WR Medford combined for only 44 snaps this fall.
Michigan
- QB Cade McNamara (Transfer portal)
- QB Alan Bowman (Transfer portal)
- RB Blake Corum (Injury)
- TE Erick All (Transfer portal)
- TE Colston Loveland (Injury)
- TE Louis Hansen (Transfer portal)
- LS William Wagner (Injury)
- DT Mazi Smith (Legal)
- DT George Rooks (Transfer portal)
- EDGE Mark Morris (Injury)
- EDGE Eyabi Okie (Injury)
- S Caden Kolesar (Injury)
RB Corum has been shut down for the CFP with a knee injury. Corum was a consensus All-American and finished seventh in the Heisman voting. He ran for 1,463 yards and 18 TD on 5.92 YPC before going down with a knee injury in the second-to-last regular season game against Illinois. Corum tried to play through the injury but had only two carries for six yards against Ohio State before the plug was pulled.
TE Colston Loveland got hurt on a special teams play in the Big 10 title game and is questionable to play. QB McNamara and TE All, who were already out for the season with injuries, each recently transferred to Iowa. Yes, QB Bowman is still around, and yes, he still has remaining eligibility. The Wolverines replaced him on the roster with the even-better traveled QB Jack Tuttle, keeping their where-is-he-now? quota alive in the QB room.
Following DT Smith’s arrest for felony gun charges and in advance of the Big 10 title game, Michigan did not choose to suspend Smith. Smith’s sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 29, two days prior to Michigan playing TCU. I’ve heard that Smith and the university are both extremely confident that the charges will be dropped.
EDGE Morris, the Big Ten defensive lineman of the year, missed the Big 10 title game with what was described as a “tweak” of a nagging undisclosed injury. Banged-up throughout November, Morris still leads the Wolverines with 7.5 sacks. EDGE Okie was injured on the last play of that game chasing Purdue QB Aidan O’Connell out of bounds. Each of their statuses needs to be monitored in the lead-up to the TCU game.
LS Wagner is out for the season with an undisclosed injury. Backup S Kolesar is out for the season with a knee injury, backup DT Rooks is looking for a new home in the portal.
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