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Jabrill Peppers will not play in Orange Bowl
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The Orange Bowl was expected to have some of the top NFL prospects in the country.
It will, but it’ll be down one.
Jabrill Peppers suffered an injury in practice and will not play against Florida State in the Orange Bowl.
Jabril Peppers practiced all week, planned on playing, tweaked hamstring at practice yesterday. Injury not major but not enough time to heal
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 31, 2016
Those who know Jabril Peppers say this "is not a McCaffrey or Fournette situation, he wanted to and planned on playing." But can't.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 31, 2016
It isn’t known what expertly what the injury was, just that Peppers went through warm-ups and couldn’t play through it. It’s believed to be some sort of leg injury.
Peppers was the B1G Defensive Player of the Year and a Heisman Trophy finalist. It’ll be his first game missed since his true freshman season.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.