OTF Premium Injury update after No. 7 Texas' 38-7 win over San Jose State

[Jeff Howe]

Steve Sarkisian has made it clear that he’s playing the long game when it comes to depth and managing injuries, which is why No. 7 Texas was without a few key players for Saturday’s 38-7 win over San Jose State at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

Running back Quintrevion Wisner, who rushed for a game-high 86 yards in a season-opening road loss to Ohio State, is dealing with a leg injury. Not wanting to “force the issue with him,” Sarkisian said, Wisner watched CJ Baxter Jr. (13 carries for 64 yards), Jerrick Gibson (seven carries for 38 yards) and Christian Clark (23 yards on four carries) lead the rushing attack from the sideline.

“I wanted Christian to play more; I wanted Jerrick to get opportunities,” Sarkisian said. “It worked out for us that way.”

The Longhorns were also without defensive tackle Alex January and wide receiver Emmett Mosley V, neither of whom dressed out for the game. OTF has learned that January’s injury absence could potentially extend into next Saturday’s home game against UTEP (3:15 p.m., SEC Network).

“Could we have pressed him into action or not? I know we've got a really deep defensive line room. Again, I think about the big picture here with a lot of these injuries, especially early in the season,” Sarkisian said regarding January’s status. “I think about the long road that we're hoping to go on, I think about the depth on our roster and I just don't feel like sometimes we have to press guys into action that aren't healthy enough, or that could further injure themselves. The idea was to hold him and then play some of these other guys, which we were able to do.”

During the game, DeAndre Moore Jr. appeared to catch an inadvertent fist to his head while being tackled after receiving a screen pass from Arch Manning, forcing him to leave the game early in the third quarter. Moore departed for the locker room after he was examined inside the sideline medical tent, but Sarkisian didn’t confirm the junior wide receiver’s injury after the game.

“I couldn't see it from where it occurred, but he definitely got dinged,” Sarkisian said. “We held him after that.”

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[Steamboat Willie]

Guessing Simmons is fine?

[Sundancekid]

Surprised to see Emaree Winston out there today. I thought he was out for a while?

[Jeff Howe]

33 minutes ago, Steamboat Willie said:

Guessing Simmons is fine?

Sark talked at length about him in the postgame and didn’t mention an injury. Plus, he looked fine after the game.

[Cujonation83]

10 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

Sark talked at length about him in the postgame and didn’t mention an injury. Plus, he looked fine after the game.

Great to hear 🤘🏾

[Dawnpatrol75]

Simons has to get the penalty issue under control. It cost us huge last week and will hurt us in other big games down the line. I’m sure he’s frustrated with play but be smart about it. 

[Game of the Century]

Sounds like Moore has a concussion or a jaw injury.  I was watching through my binoculars as he came off the field, and his posture was very oddly hunched over and he was wobbly on his feet.  Kind of makes sense if you took a round house to the jaw.  If so, won’t be seeing him play for a while.  Hopefully he will be okay in a few weeks.  

[Hashtag]

27 minutes ago, Game of the Century said:

Sounds like Moore has a concussion or a jaw injury.  I was watching through my binoculars as he came off the field, and his posture was very oddly hunched over and he was wobbly on his feet.  Kind of makes sense if you took a round house to the jaw.  If so, won’t be seeing him play for a while.  Hopefully he will be okay in a few weeks.  

I couldn't tell if it was head or shoulder injury.

[82horn]

Mookie limped off, didn’t see him return to the game

[pinkman_90]

49 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

I couldn't tell if it was head or shoulder injury.

He got punched in the head/ear hole and his arms went limp for a second 

Edited 21 hours ago by pinkman_90

[Hashtag]

Just now, pinkman_90 said:

He got punched in the head/ear hole and his arms went limp for a second 

Gotcha, it was hard to see even on replay. I thought initially he got his shoulder driven into the ground.

[Thisrowyellssorry]

Anyone want to acknowledge whatever Arch did to his shoulder? Watch the throw with around 4:00 left in the 2nd quarter. He grimaces like this after half a dozen (low) throws through the game. Y’all want to ruin this kid or are we going to sit him a few low profile games? He has not looked right this year, since early in the Ohio State game.

[Jeff Howe]

3 minutes ago, Thisrowyellssorry said:

Anyone want to acknowledge whatever Arch did to his shoulder? Watch the throw with around 4:00 left in the 2nd quarter. He grimaces like this after half a dozen (low) throws through the game. Y’all want to ruin this kid or are we going to sit him a few low profile games? He has not looked right this year, since early in the Ohio State game.

Sark was asked about it after the game.

His response: “I don’t know. News to me.”

[tmataya]

What about the Michael Taaffe injury? He looked shaken up left the field and didn’t return. 

[HornsUp Tom]

Hmmmmm

[AusMOJO]

8 minutes ago, HornsUp Tom said:

Hmmmmm

I'm not going to lie, this is the second week in a row that he is grimacing when throwing like that. It also might explain his poor mechanics? But if he is injured, then it's a poor job by the staff of not seeing it and fixing it. 

Right now I'll choose to believe he's not injured and it's just people nit picking certain things. 

[AusMOJO]

Hope January gets back. I was pretty disappointed with Kanu's play today, every time I saw him out there he was getting rag dolled or bullied. Might have been the worst of the bunch when it comes to DL transfers (my opinion). Everyone else there is really good. I've no idea who's doing those spin moves on the interior but holy crap were those exciting.

Anyway, enough of my nonsense. Thanks for keeping us up to date, Jeff. 

[Jeff Howe]

1 hour ago, tmataya said:

What about the Michael Taaffe injury? He looked shaken up left the field and didn’t return. 

Nothing was said about Taaffe after the game. If he's dealing with anything, we should start to hear something on Sunday.

[Hexter]

10 hours ago, HornsUp Tom said:

Hmmmmm

I think it was a reaction because the throw was off

[harveycmd]

Given that all the "grimaces" come on missed throws, and then he follows up by throwing a dart 30-50 yards, the injury speculation is a prime case of reading too much into the situation. He could get dinged up any time, but there's no reason to think he is now.

[Cujonation83]

8 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

Given that all the "grimaces" come on missed throws, and then he follows up by throwing a dart 30-50 yards, the injury speculation is a prime case of reading too much into the situation. He could get dinged up any time, but there's no reason to think he is now.

Totally agree 

[harveycmd]

A side note on the Arch talk: We knew the level of scrutiny was going to be unprecedented, but it's more than I thought it would be in terms of each outlet/analyst trying to outdo each other on every play. Knew there we talk about good and bad stuff, but trying to figure out his facial expressions and body movements on every play is nuts. 

[Thisrowyellssorry]

I have never ever seen someone grimace DURING a throw that hasn’t even left their hand, because it was a bad throw. That is some weird squinty logic. Meanwhile, his jank sidearm delivery that we didn’t expect would make perfect sense if he’s compensating for a rotator cuff or AC issue. By the way this is the last thing I or anyone want. But his body language, grimacing etc stood out on the telecast.

[harveycmd]

I've seen guys grimace while shooting jumpers, making throws in all sports, tapping puts, etc. I don't remember it leading to wild speculation about injury unless it was already known the guy was injured.

[chennups]

22 minutes ago, Hexter said:

I think it was a reaction because the throw was off

i agree.  like in basketball or golf when you shoot and you know it's going to be an airball or slice.