{"id":307745,"date":"2025-10-16T09:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/307745\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T09:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:56:12","slug":"here-are-the-injury-reports-for-byu-utah-ahead-of-rivalry-game-deseret-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/307745\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the injury reports for BYU, Utah ahead of rivalry game \u2013 Deseret News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This will be a huge football weekend for the state of Utah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">No. 15 BYU and No. 23 Utah will be facing each other in on Saturday, marking the first ranked matchup in the famed rivalry series since 2009.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Additionally, with both teams in the thick of the Big 12 title race, Saturday\u2019s result could help to make or break each teams\u2019 championship aspirations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760608572_880_UHKGP77IT5E3JLPDLCGEIU5ZBI.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Special Collector&#8217;s Issue: &#8220;1984: The Year BYU was Second to None&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Get an inclusive look inside BYU Football&#8217;s 1984 National Championship season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Here are the latest injury updates for the Cougars and Utes before they face off this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>BYU injury report<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For BYU, Wednesday\u2019s injury report is broken down as follows:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><b>OUT<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wide receiver Jojo Phillips<\/li>\n<li>Safety Tommy Prassas<\/li>\n<li>Running back Sione Moa<\/li>\n<li>Cornerback Marcus McKenzie<\/li>\n<li>Linebacker Cho\u00e9 Bryant-Strother<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><b>DOUBTFUL<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><b>PROBABLE<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Defensive tackle Anisi Purcell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nothing too notable for Utah on initial availability report.<\/p>\n<p>For BYU, star linebacker Jack Kelly appears poised to make his return, but safety Raider Damuni is doubtful. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xUmshnJsHd\">pic.twitter.com\/xUmshnJsHd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Coles (@JoeAColes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeAColes\/status\/1978644082282107007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Utah injury report<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For Utah, Wednesday\u2019s injury report is broken down as follows:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><b>OUT<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Safety Rabbit Evans<\/li>\n<li>Safety Nate Ritchie<\/li>\n<li>Wide receiver Daidren Zipperer<\/li>\n<li>Tight end Hunter Andrews<\/li>\n<li>Safety Josh Sovereign<\/li>\n<li>Defensive end Paul Fitzgerald<\/li>\n<li>Offensive lineman Isaiah Garcia<\/li>\n<li>Linebacker Grady Mareko<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In addition to Wednesday\u2019s injury report, Big 12 teams are required to release injury reports on Thursday evening, again on Friday evening and again 90 minutes before kicking off on Saturdays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Cougars and Utes will kick off Saturday at 6 p.m. MT in Provo.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This will be a huge football weekend for the state of Utah. 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