Syracuse football will be without defensive linemen Dion Wilson and Kevin Jobity Jr. for the rest of the season, Syracuse football coach Fran Brown said during a radio appearance on Friday.
Brown noted the injuries during an appearance on TK 99′s Gomez and Company.
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Brown noted the injuries while discussing the loss of backup running back Will Nixon for the rest of the year.
“We’ve got a couple of other guys that will probably miss the rest of the season too,” Brown said. “You’ve got Kevin Jobity on the defensive line and you’ve got Dion “Tank Wilson” who will be out the rest of the year.”
Brown also said that the Orange will be without safety Berry Buxton III for this Saturday’s game against North Carolina State. Buxton was seeing regular playing time as SU’s backup safety.
Brown was not asked for specifics about any of the newly-reported injuries.
“We’re a couple guys down but next-man-up mentality,” Brown said.
Jobity made 10 tackles in five appearances this season, including 2.5 tackles for loss. Wilson had made eight tackles in four games.
Jobity had played more snaps this season than any Syracuse defensive lineman other than defensive end Fadil Diggs. Wilson was fifth on the list behind Diggs, Maraad Watson, and Denis Jaquez Jr.
Without them, Syracuse will be lighter in a unit that has rotated players frequently this year to keep players fresh. Along with Diggs and Watson, Syracuse’s top options along the defensive line include Rashard Perry, KingJoseph Edwards, Denis Jaquez Jr., Isaiah Hastings, Chase Simmons, and Elijah Fuentes-Cundiff.
Pro Football Focus had given Wilson the 11th-highest grade of any Syracuse defensive player this season, with Jobity graded No. 20 out of 32 players.
The defensive line position was one of the Orange’s biggest question marks entering the year and a spot that underwent one of the offseason’s most dramatic overhauls.
“We’ll see,” Brown said. “We’ll see what it’s like. You can have a lot of people, but you need players. These people need to be able to make some plays. I think we’ll be all right though.”
Syracuse’s run defense has been shaky at times, surrendering 136.6 yards per game through the first five games of the season. Syracuse has struggled with tackling in multiple games, including last week against UNLV.
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