ASU closed out Wednesday’s practice with head coach Kenny Dillingham revealing significant news to reporters that starting linebacker Keyshaun Elliott will miss Saturday’s game against UCF because of a stinger to his neck.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!“Keyshaun Elliott is going to be out this week just so everybody knows. Hopefully we get him back next week but we will see how that progresses,” Dillingham said. “He got a stinger and he is just working his way back and we’re just being precautious. When you get stingers sometimes and you play too soon, you may get another one.”
Playing without Elliott is a big blow for the Sun Devils who will not have arguably their top linebacker against UCF. The Missouri native has 45 tackles, one interception, one sack and one pass breakup this season.
In his place, however, Arizona State still has strong depth in the position to continue competing at a high level.
Caleb McCullough was the Big 12 Defenseive Player of the Week about a month ago after two interceptions and 12 tackles against Utah on Oct. 11. Jordan Crook and Zyrus Fiaseu have played important roles on ASU’s defense and are in line for a bigger workload vs. the Knights this weekend.
It will be interesting to see how Arizona State’s defense matches up against UCF and running back RJ Harvey. Harvey is third in the country in rushing yards with 1,201 and has scored 16 rushing touchdowns in nine games.
Also on the injury front for ASU, Cam Skattebo was still not at practice and remains doubtful to questionable in playing this weekend.
Arizona State (6-2, 3-2) will take on Central Florida (4-5, 2-4) in Tempe at 5 p.m. MST on Saturday.
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Reporter Alec Cipollini covers the Phoenix Mercury, Suns and ASU Athletics for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on his X account, @AlecCipollini
