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Illinois releases injury report ahead of Northwestern game, reveals one defensive player quit the team
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Like many teams across the country, Illinois’ roster situation is quite fluid with COVID-19 protocol and injuries.
That was very true on Saturday as the team released an injury report less than an hour ahead of the Illini’s game against in-state rival Northwestern. It showed a group of players who did play and are now out and vice versa.
Status changes between the Iowa and Northwestern games
𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 → 𝗼𝘂𝘁
DB Adams
DB S. Brown
DB Hobbs
DL Perry
LB Tolson
DL Woods𝗼𝘂𝘁 → 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲
RB Epstein
RB Fedanzo
QB Taylor— Illini Stats & Notes (@IlliniStats) December 12, 2020
To translate, here are the list of players out: Defensive back Tony Adams, defensive back Sydney Brown, defensive back Nate Hobbs, defensive lineman Roderick Perry II, line backer Khalan Tolson and defensive lineman Jamal Woods.
On the other side of things here’s a translation of who’s playing: running back Mike Epstein, running back Nick Fedanzo and quarterback Coran Taylor.
Based on this, it appears the Illinois offense will benefit from some returns while the defense appears to be decimated by these absences. To make matters worse, Illinois learned this week of a departure by one player.
To make matters worse, #illini announce DB/LB Delano Ware quit the team this week
— Jeremy Werner (@JWerner247) December 12, 2020
Ware was in his junior season with the Illini, he was part of the rotation at linebacker this season. He played in nine games in 2019 and started one game at safety. He also forced a fumble.