SEC football availability report: Initial status reports for college football’s Week 5

The new-looked SEC gets well and truly underway in Week 5, with 12 teams in action and 10 teams playing conference games, including three opening SEC play this year.

And with that new look is the debut of the mandatory SEC injury reports for conference-only games.

Along with the Big Ten Conference, every SEC team will provide an initial injury update three days before game day, and then provide daily updates leading into the final report, which comes out 90 minutes before kickoff.

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Here’s the initial availability report for Week 5, which was released on Wednesday night.

SEC injury report: Wednesday, Sept. 25

Listed in alphabetical order

Alabama

• Qua Russaw (LB): Probable

• Richard Young (RB): Probable

• Jeremiah Alexander (LB): Probable

Arkansas

• DB Miguel Mitchell: Out

• OL Patrick Kutas: Out

• TE Andreas Paaske: Out

• WR Khafre Brown: Out

• TE Ty Washington: Questionable

• DB Jaylon Braxton: Questionable

• DB Hudson Clark: Questionable

• RB Tyrell Reed: Questionable

• WR Monte Harrison: Probable

Auburn

• Tyler Scott (DB): OUT

• Champ Anthony (DB): OUT

• Brandon Frazier (TE) : OUT

• Isaiah Raikes (DL): Questionable

• Alex McPherson (K): Questionable

• Izavion Miller (OL): Questionable

Georgia

• Roderick Robinson II (RB): OUT

• London Humphreys (WR): OUT

• Tate Ratledge (OL): OUT

• Mykel Williams (DL): Questionable

• Sacovie White (WR): Questionable

• Jordan Hall (DL) : Questionable

• Warren Brinson (DL): Probable

Kentucky

• WR Hardley Gilmore IV: Out

• DL Darrion Henry-Young: Out

• OL Courtland Ford: Out

• DL Tavion Gadson: Out

• DL Josaih Hayes: Out

• LB Devin Smith: Doubtful

• RB Chip Trayanum: Doubtful

LSU

Not required to issue one as LSU is playing South Alabama

Mississippi State

• QB Blake Shapen: Out

• WR Creed Whittemore: Out

• S Tyler Woodard: Out

• WR Trent Hudson: Out

• RB Keyvone Lee: Out

• DL Kalvin Dinkins: Out

• CB DeAgo Brumfield: Questionable

• CB Traveon Wright: Questionable

• DL Kedrick Bingley-Jones: Questionable

• S Chris Keys Jr.: Questionable

• S Isaac Smith: Probable

• K Marlon Hauck: Probable

• CB Cedrick Beavers: Out

• WR Izaiah Hartrup: Out

• WR Devin Price: Out

• RB Logan Diggs: Out

• OL Cam East: Out

• OL Jeremy James: Out

• WR Joshua Pfeifer: Out

• TE Hudson Wolfe: Out

• S Louis Moore: Doubtful

• DT Akelo Stone: Doubtful

• WR Ayden Williams: Questionable

• CB Isaiah Hamilton: Questionable

• DT Walter Nolen: Probable

• LB TJ Dottery: Probable

• CB Brandon Turnage: Probable

• TE Dae’Quan Wright: Probable

• WR Jordan Watkins: Probable

• DE Jared Ivey: Probable

• CB Chris Graves Jr.: Probable

• DT JJ Pegues: Probable

• TE Salathiel Hemphill: Probable

• OL Jayden Williams: Probable

• OL Caleb Warren: Probable

• OL Micah Pettus: Probable

• OL Gerquan Scott: Probable

• OL Nate Kalepo: Probable

Oklahoma

• Jayden Gibson (WR): OUT

• Jalil Farooq (WR): OUT

• Nic Anderson (WR): OUT

• Gentry Williams (DB): OUT

• Kendel Dolby (DB): OUT

• Geirean Hatchett (OL): OUT

• Tyler Keltner (K): OUT

• Andrel Anthony (WR): Doubtful

• Taylor Tatum (RB): Doubtful

• Dasan McCullough (LB): Questionable

• Deion Burks (WR): Questionable

• Jake Taylor (OL): Probable

Texas

• CJ Baxter (RB): OUT

• Christian Clark (RB): OUT

• Velton Gardner (RB): OUT

• Derek Williams Jr. (DB): Doubtful

• Colin Page (RB): Doubtful

• DeAndre Moore Jr. (WR): Questionable

• Quinn Ewers (QB): Questionable

• Jelani McDonald (DB): Questionable

• Quintrevion Wisner (RB): Questionable

Texas A&M

• Rueben Owens (RB): OUT

• Tyreek Chappell (DB): OUT

• Mark Nabou Jr. (OL): OUT

• TJ Shanahan (OL): OUT

• Enai White (DL): Questionable

• Conner Weigman (QB): Questionable

• Bryce Anderson (DB): Probable

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SEC injury report: How it works

This is the first year the SEC is mandating its football programs — along with men’s and women’s basketball and baseball — issue injury reports for each conference game. An SEC team does not need to issue an injury report for non-SEC games.

For football, teams are required to make their first injury report available three days before their game and then provide updates daily up to the final report, which comes out 90 minutes before kickoff. There are four designations — out, doubtful, questionable and probable — for teams to use in the initial injury report. According to the SEC’s news release last month, fines range from $25,000 on the first offense to $100,000 for a third and more if a team fails to list an availability.

Here are the four designations to be used in the first injury report of the week:

• Out: Will not play, 0% chance to play

• Doubtful: Unlikely to play, 25% chance to play

• Questionable: Uncertain to play, 50% chance to play

• Probable: Probable to play, 75% chance to play

SEC football Week 5 games

Here’s a look at the Week 5 schedule within the SEC, including start times and TV channel information:

All times Central

• Kentucky vs. No. 5 Ole Miss | 11 a.m. | ABC (Fubo and ESPN+)

• No. 18 Oklahoma at Auburn | 2:30 p.m. | ABC (Fubo and ESPN+)

• Arkansas vs. No. 24 Texas A&M | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN (Fubo)

• Mississippi State at No. 2 Texas | 3:15 p.m. | SEC Network (Fubo)

• No. 1 Georgia at No. 4 Alabama | 6:30 p.m. | ABC (Fubo and ESPN+)

• South Alabama at No. 13 LSU | 6:45 p.m. | SEC Network (Fubo)

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