Indiana Football Injury Update: Jack Tuttle Out for Season, Josh Sales Questionable

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana soccer (3-6) hits the street for fairly the problem on Saturday in opposition to No. 2 Ohio State (9-0) at Midday ET. 

Indiana coach Tom Allen spoke to the media on Monday and supplied an replace on just a few injured Hoosiers. Quarterback Connor Bazelak is in line to return to his beginning function on Saturday after lacking the Penn State recreation with an undisclosed harm. After the sport, Allen mentioned Bazelak was “dinged up.”

“Positively more healthy,” Allen mentioned of Bazelak on Thursday. “And again to extra like what we count on him to be by way of velocity of the ball and all the things else along with his means to be wholesome.”

For Allen, if the 40-point underdog Hoosiers have any likelihood of hanging with the Buckeyes, Bazelak has to keep away from errors which have damage Indiana all year long. Bazelak has 9 interceptions this season, one shy of Purdue’s Aidan O’Connell and Nebraska’s Casey Thompson for the convention lead, and Bazelak has the bottom completion proportion of any Massive Ten quarterback at 54.9.

“To me it is resolution making,” Allen mentioned, referring to Bazelak’s needed enhancements. “Having expectations to guard the soccer. Do not put the workforce in a tricky place by making dangerous selections, and that is clearly a collective effort by the entire offense.”

Tuttle began rather than Bazelak in opposition to Penn State, however left late within the first half with a shoulder harm after being sacked by a pair of Nittany Lion cross rushers. On Thursday, Allen mentioned Tuttle can be out for the remainder of the common season, however is not going to require surgical procedure. On Oct. 17, Tuttle expressed intentions to enter switch portal.

Josh Gross sales began at proper deal with in opposition to Penn State, however left in the course of the recreation with an harm. Parker Hanna has began six video games at proper deal with for Indians this yr and changed Gross sales for the rest of the sport. 

“Josh Gross sales remains to be not cleared but to have the ability to say for certain for Saturday,” Allen mentioned on Thursday. “Simply making an attempt to get him squared away, so we’ll know extra tomorrow with him.”

Gross sales, a redshirt freshman from Brownsburg, Ind., made his first profession begin in opposition to Rutgers on Oct. 22.

“[Sales] has undoubtedly been enjoying higher for us,” Allen mentioned on Monday. “And simply must proceed to get him extra reps and proceed to develop him. So he is been doing a very good job for us.”

Indiana linebacker and workforce captain Cam Jones suffered a foot harm throughout Indiana’s 35-21 loss at Nebraska on Oct. 1 and hasn’t performed since. Allen mentioned he and Jones talked this week to weigh the choice of whether or not or not he’ll play this season, and that dialog will proceed for the remainder of the season. Jones is in his fifth and last yr of his school eligibility and aspires to play within the NFL. 

“He is not cleared to play but, getting nearer with out query.” Allen mentioned. “Positively as we get into these previous few weeks right here, we bought to verify what’s greatest for him, and that is what I advised him. So with the counsel of our docs and himself and his household, we’ll collectively make a decision on that. There isn’t any query. I care extra about his private well being and his future. Everyone knows that he has a really, very vibrant future on the subsequent degree, so we wish to be sure that we all the time do all the things we will to assist with that.”

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