Okay y’all, grabbing my coffee this morning, I knew it was time for the weekly injury drill. Checked the usual spots first thing. Pulled up , scrolled through the news section – nothing new posted yet on that front.
Hopped over to the team’s official social feed. Saw a few practice clips from yesterday. Noticed #8, defensive back Amir Smith, wasn’t in any of the drills. Red flag right there. Hadn’t heard anything official, so I dug deeper.
Scrolled through my local beat reporter follows. Hit paydirt on @RaginCajunsBeat. Saw his tweet from last night’s press conference recap: “Coach Desormeaux confirms starting CB Amir Smith suffered ankle injury Wed practice. Being evaluated. Doubtful for Saturday.” Crap. Right then I figured this would be the main story for my update.
Remembered hearing murmurs about running back Trey Chenier earlier in the week. Clicked over to the fan forum real quick. Folks were buzzing about seeing him in a light practice jersey Tuesday. Made a note to verify. Found a short video snippet from team’s own account – yep, there he was jogging routes. Looked way better than when he limped off two weeks ago.
Checked the university’s athletic website again, finally saw the formal weekly injury report popped up maybe an hour after practice ended yesterday. Cross-referenced what I saw:
- Smith, Amir (CB) – Out (Ankle): Confirmed the bad news. Saw “out” listed next to his name. Took a screenshot.
- Chenier, Trey (RB) – Questionable (Hamstring): Listed as questionable but practiced limited. Progress! Added him as probable return.
- Davis, Marcus (OL) – Out (Knee): Already knew about this long-term one from spring, but confirmed still out. Surgery recovery takes time.
- No other surprises listed. Phew.
Clicked back to the coach’s press conference video recording. Listened close to his exact words on Smith: “Yeah, Amir rolled it pretty good. Got stepped on. We’ll see how he responds the next couple days but doesn’t look great for this weekend honestly.” Noted the tone. Sounds like at least a week, probably more.
Compiled all this crap together. Verified the spellings. Added that linebacker Pierre Landry was apparently dealing with some stingers earlier in the week but practiced full late week, so he’ll likely play through. Important depth piece.
Felt okay finally hitting publish. Key takeaways boiled down: Big loss at corner this week (Smith), running back depth gets a boost (Chenier back), and everyone else held steady. Onto the next one.
