{"id":442183,"date":"2026-09-20T18:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T18:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/442183\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T18:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T18:16:10","slug":"steve-sarkisian-updates-texas-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/442183\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Sarkisian updates Texas injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">AUSTIN \u2014 Now through the non-conference schedule, the Texas Longhorns have accumulated a number of injuries, but head coach Steve Sarkisian was able to provide positive injury updates about two of the most high-profile injuries after Saturday\u2019s 30-6 win over the UTSA Roadrunners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">After getting blocked in the back late in the first half, junior edge Colin Simmons stayed on the field for three more plays before spending the second half in a boot on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cI don\u2019t think Colin is serious,\u201d Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burntorangenation.com\/texas-longhorns-football\/104908\/colin-simmons-injury-texas-longhorns-utsa-roadrunners\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> after the game. \u201cIt was more precautionary to get him out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cIt was really precautionary to not play Kobe tonight, either,\u201d Sarkisian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">So expect Simmons and Black back on the field for next Saturday\u2019s SEC opener against No. 15 Tennessee in Knoxville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Less clear is the status of other injured players like sophomore tight end Nick Townsend (knee) and sophomore defensive lineman Justus Terry (foot), who both missed the win over UTSA. Townsend sustained his knee injury against Ohio State, while Terry hurt his foot in pregame warmups before the tilt against the Buckeyes and was wearing a boot on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got Nick Townsend and Justus Terry that we need to get back, too, so we\u2019re down about three guys defensively, one on offense, pretty significant players that hopefully start working their way back,\u201d Sarkisian said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Texas head coach has not provided any updates on the status of junior nickel back Xavier Filsaime, who has not dressed for the first three games. Also not dressed against the Roadrunners were freshmen defensive tackles James Johnson and Elijah Ali.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN \u2014 Now through the non-conference schedule, the Texas Longhorns have accumulated a number of injuries, but head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,536,6467,28],"class_list":["post-442183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns-football","tag-texas-longhorns-football-injuries","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}