The Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas will be hosting the FIU Golden Panthers and the UTSA Roadrunners on Friday night, as one of the AAC’s top teams take on one of Conference USA’s top teams after failing to make it to the CFP. Both teams have plenty to prove as they head to this bowl game.
As with every bowl game, the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl will feature some injured players and a few who are opting out due to either declaring for the NFL draft or entering the transfer portal. Both the Golden Panthers and the Roadrunners are expected to have both injured players and ones entering the transfer portal, so who will be out on Friday?
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl: FIU Vs. UTSA Opt-Outs And Injury Report
FIU Golden Panthers
- CB Brian Blades: Opted out, transfer portal
- CB Mister Clark: Opted out, transfer portal
- CB Victor Evans: Opted out, transfer portal
- FS Jessiah McGrew: Opted out, transfer portal
- RT Daniel Michel: Opted out, transfer portal
- QB Joe Pesansky: Injured, Questionable (foot)
- QB Keyone Jenkins: Injured, Questionable (groin)
Golden Panthers RG Antonio Tripp is expected to enter the transfer portal, but he has been listed in the depth chart and will be playing during the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl on Friday. Meanwhile, starting QB Pesansky and backup QB Jenkins are both injured but are more or less expected to play. Had the game been a week earlier, third-string quarterback Clayton Dees would have been the one to start.
UTSA Roadrunners
- NT Chidera Otutu: Opted out, transfer portal
- CB KK Meier: Opted out, transfer portal
- CB Davin Martin: Opted out, transfer portal
- DE Kenny Ozowalu: Opted out, transfer portal
- DE Daemian Wimberly: Opted out, transfer portal
- OLB Vic Shaw: Injured, Questionable
- RG Darrell Jones: Injured
- TE3 Dan Dishman: Injured
Roadrunners head coach Jeff Traylor has admitted that his team will “be a shell of themselves” when they head to the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl on Friday, as six or seven starters on defense will be either injured or opting out. LT Kamar Missouri and LB Shad Banks Jr. are potential opt-outs but are expected to play.
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