FAU opened its season with a 41-3 loss to the Florida Gators in week 1, but that wasn’t all the Owls lost.
Max Karrick, FAU’s starting right tackle, injured his right knee during the Owls’ loss to Gainesville. It was reported that Karrick will be out for the next two games and may require surgery, which means he would miss the remainder of the season.
Karrick, listed at 6’ 8” and 310 pounds, is a fifth-year senior and was the Owls’ most experienced lineman. He started 10 games in 2010 at the right and left tackle positions. Karrick has had minor injuries in the past to the same knee, but this time he may require surgery. Head coach Howard Schnellenberger said the team will know more in the coming weeks.
In his place, redshirt junior Joe Bailey will get to start. Bailey played in every game from 2010 and started two games at the right tackle position.
In addition, the Owls have been without junior linebacker Yourhighness Morgan, who has yet to be cleared by team doctors after suffering a concussion in the spring.
“[Morgan] hasn’t been cleared to practice, so he’s pretty much out for the season,” Schnellenberger told the Palm Beach Post.
In 2010, Morgan started six games and totaled 47 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, one sack and one interception. He earned a spot on Phil Steele’s 2011 Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference Team and was in line to return as the linebackers’ leading tackler for the Owls.
Toney Moore has replaced Morgan in the starting lineup. He played in his first collegiate game against the Gators and intercepted a pass.
According to FAU Sports Information Director Katrina McCormack, who’s in charge of media relations for football, players Max Karrick and Yourhighness Morgan, as well as coaches Dale Williams and Kurt Van Valkenburgh, all refused to comment.
