TCU standout defender out for 2018 season
Ohio State’s Week 3 opponent has lost one of its top players.
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The news out of Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday night is that TCU has lost standout DT Ross Blacklock for the season due to a torn achilles.
Blacklock was a 4-star recruit in the class of 2016. As a redshirt freshman, he appeared in all 14 games for TCU, recording 27 total tackles, including 6.5 tackles for loss and two sacks. He was named co-Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year for the 2017 season.
Ohio State will face TCU at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas (home of the Dallas Cowboys) on Sept. 15. The game is set for an 8 p.m. ET kickoff on ABC.
BREAKING #TCU standout DT Ross Blacklock is expected to be out for the season due to an achilles injury suffered at practice on Tuesday, a source told me. He was the co-Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year. 247 first reported the news.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) August 16, 2018
