11/10/2022 football Edit

Penn State versus Maryland - Injury Report

Justin Morganstein • Happy Valley Insider

Staff Writer

Looking to capitalize on its momentum from a blowout win last week, Penn State will welcome Maryland to Beaver Stadium this Saturday.

Despite a number of different injuries, Penn State dominated Indiana but will carry some of those player availability issues into this game as well.

But like most teams at this point in the season, the Terrapins have some player injury problems of their own which includes some of their most notable producers.

Here is who could be in and who could be out this Saturday.

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Penn State

The main story surrounding Penn State last week were the injuries to its offensive line which forced multiple backups to step up into key roles.

The only healthy starter was center Juice Scruggs as Olu Fashanu, Landon Tengwall, Hunter Nourzad, Sal Wormley, and Caedan Wallace all were faced with some sort of health issue.

That meant that true freshman Drew Shelton was forced to start at left tackle and others were put into unusual positions on the O-Line, which made the convincing win that much more impressive.

Both Fashanu and Tengwall did not travel with the team to Bloomington last week. Since then, Fashanu’s availability for this weekend looks doubtful while Tengwall has been ruled out for the season. The Nittany Lions, however, do hope that Caedan Wallace returns from injury this weekend.

While the offensive line was the main issue heading into last Saturday’s game but now the Nittany Lion linebacker corps is a bit banged up as well.

Curtis Jacobs left the game early with an injury against the Hoosiers and did not return, fellow starter Tyler Elsdon also was banged up in the game.

While there’s no indication that Elsdon won’t be testy for Saturday’s matchup against Maryland, Curtis Jacobs was not present at practice on Wednesday.

Abdul Carter and Kobe King may be the ones who will be required to step up if one or both of the two cannot go this Saturday.

Maryland

The Terrapins head into this matchup with the status of one of its biggest offensive contributors up in the air.

Wide receiver Rakim Jarrett went down with an injury against Wisconsin last weekend and is considered to be a game-time decision for Saturday.

Jarrett has been quite productive against the Nittany Lions over the past couple of seasons and there is no doubt that this would be a key loss for Maryland if he can’t go but Mike Locksley says he is “optimistic” about his status.

This situation comes right after the program’s quarterback, Taulia Tagovailoa, returned from a knee injury last weekend following an idle week for Maryland.

Tagovailoa did not look to be at his best last Saturday and there is reason to believe that his knee was still an issue during the loss to Wisconsin.

Starting safety Beau Brade was also injured in the loss at Camp Randall Stadium but he did come back in the game and was able to be productive.

So while Maryland will likely have most of its key contributors playing this weekend, there are still some question marks surrounding those who have recently suffered injuries for the Terps.