UNLV navigates injuries, uncertainty at quarterback

UNLV shot manager Marcus Arroyo connected Monday acknowledged 1 of the challenges he’s faced this season. That would beryllium preparing 3 oregon 4 quarterbacks to play during immoderate fixed week.

“To person to hole aggregate guys, it’s ever hard. It’s unfortunate, but these guys — my hats are disconnected to the mode they prepared themselves,” helium said during his play quality conference. “It doesn’t marque it easy. It takes distant from a batch of chemistry. It takes distant from a batch of reps retired there. … It is what it is. Life’s not just that way.”

The Rebels person utilized aggregate quarterbacks successful each six of their games this season, with injuries disrupting their bushed earlier they’re capable to find it.

Freshman Cameron Friel near successful the 4th fourth of the 28-24 location nonaccomplishment to Utah State, leaving inferior Justin Rogers to pb the astir important drives with small preparation.

Sophomore Doug Brumfield is inactive time to day, per Arroyo, with a nagging backmost wounded helium sustained past period successful a 38-30 roadworthy nonaccomplishment to Fresno State.

Junior Tate Martell is yet steadfast aft dealing with an wounded to his throwing manus and plantar fasciitis. But the afflictions prevented him from practicing passim the people of the play and constricted the effect that he’s had connected the offense.

“They’re each inactive learning, too. It’s not similar you’ve got a vet backmost determination that’s been successful the strategy for 4 years that tin spell retired determination and conscionable sound the particulate off,” Arroyo said. “You’ve conscionable got to enactment done it and get arsenic prepared arsenic you can.”

That said, Arroyo remains optimistic that Friel tin play Thursday against San Jose State — adjacent if Brumfield can’t. The Rebels are going to beryllium cautious with his back, fixed the tricky quality of the injury.

But Friel’s tweaked genu seems manageable, and Arroyo said they judge helium tin get backmost to afloat velocity earlier Thursday’s crippled astatine Allegiant Stadium.

Rogers and Martell shared the repetitions successful signifier connected Sunday.

“Cam was inactive beauteous sore. Justin and Tate were the guys who instrumentality the load,” Arroyo said. “The much Tate feels comfy with, the much we program to enactment connected him.”

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