Just when you think things can’t get any worse for UVA Football, there’s the Wednesday 8 p.m. ET update to the availability report for the Wake Forest game, which has tailback Jekail Middlebrook listed as “doubtful.”
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Update: Thursday, 8;39 p.m. Tonight’s availability report now lists Middlebrook as “out.”
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Middlebrook is coming off a season-best effort in the 19-16 loss to Duke this past Friday night, in which he put up 117 yards on the ground on 24 attempts, and scored the lone TD on the night for the ‘Hoos.
For the season, Middlebrook has rushed for 513 yards in eight games, and caught 12 balls on 15 targets in the passing game for 78 yards.
Which works out to: 14.6 touches and 73.9 yards per game.
Take out his two limited runs in the blowout wins over Norfolk State (three carries, 15 yards; one catch, five yards) and Delaware (five carries, 23 yards; two catches, 21 yards), and he’s at 17.3 touches and 87.3 yards per game in the six games against Power 4 opponents.
That’s a lot of usage and productivity to have to replace.
There is good depth behind Middlebrook:
- Xay Davis: 7.1 touches/game, 40.6 yards/game
- Xavier Brown: 5.0 touches/game, 32.6 yards/game
- Noah Vaughn: 5.8 touches/game, 28.8 yards/game
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