REPORTS: OKLAHOMA STATE QB HAUSS HEJNY OUT WITH BROKEN FOOT
Oklahoma State starting quarterback Hauss Hejny broke a bone in his left foot during the Cowboys’ season-opening victory over UT Martin and is expected to miss significant time, according to multiple media reports on Friday.
A redshirt freshman transfer from TCU making his debut for the Cowboys, Hejny could have surgery as soon as Friday, per the reports.
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy was waiting for more information before commenting on the injury Thursday night following the team’s 27-7 victory in Stillwater.
“I won’t give injury updates either way,” Gundy said. “I never will know on those until the next day anyway.”
Hejny played the first three offensive series. He was 5-for-10 passing for 96 yards, including a 10-yard touchdown to Gavin Freeman. Hejny also rushed four times for 27 yards, including a 6-yard TD.
His running ability helped earn him the starting nod for the opener over Zane Flores, who replaced him on Thursday night. Flores went 13 of 20 for 136 yards and rushed three times for a net of eight yards.
Flores is a redshirt freshman in his third year at Oklahoma State. He did not see action in the 2023 season, then received a medical hardship waiver in 2024 due to a foot injury.
Oklahoma State visits No. 7 Oregon on Sept. 6.
REPORTS: TEXAS WR EMMETT MOSLEY V TO PLAY, BE LIMITED AT OHIO ST
Wide receiver Emmett Mosley V, who is dealing with an ongoing leg injury, is expected to be available to play but in a limited capacity when the No. 1 Texas Longhorns kick off the season Saturday against No. 3 Ohio State, according to multiple reports Friday.
Mosley, a sophomore transfer Stanford, is not expected to start or play a significant number of snaps in Saturday’s game against the host Buckeyes, ESPN reported Friday.
Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian told reporters on Wednesday that Mosley has been dealing with the lower leg injury since he arrived in Texas after transferring in April from Stanford, where he caught 48 passes for 525 yards and six touchdowns in his freshman season.
“We’ve just tried to be cautious with it. Quite frankly, even going back into July, I didn’t want this to linger all season long,” Sarkisian said. “So we’ve been cautious with him. I feel like he’s in a really good place right now, which is a positive for us.”
Redshirt freshman Parker Livingstone and true freshman Jaime Ffrench Jr. should see more playing time given Mosley’s injury. The former has been taking first-team reps in Mosley’s absence, per CBS.
REPORTS: INJURED WISCONSIN QB BILLY EDWARDS JR. EXPECTED BACK SOON
Wisconsin starting quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. is expected to be recovered from a leg injury in 1-2 weeks, a timeline that indicates he will be available to play against Alabama.
According to multiple reports on Friday, Edwards avoided a major leg injury when he was forced out of his debut Thursday night in a game the Badgers went on to win 17-0 over Miami (Ohio) in Madison, Wis.
Edwards, who passed for 2,881 yards and 15 touchdowns last season as the starter at Maryland, completed 6 of 13 passes for 68 yards before the injury.
Multiple trainers tended to Edwards while he was seated on the turf in the second quarter. He eventually walked to the locker room under his own power but didn’t return to the game.
Sophomore Danny O’Neil, a transfer from San Diego State, replaced Edwards. He completed 12 of 19 passes with one touchdown and an interception. He was sacked three times but rushed for 13 yards and a touchdown.
Wisconsin hosts Middle Tennessee on Sept. 6, then visits No. 8 Alabama on Sept. 13 in a marquee nonconference game before facing Edwards’ former team Sept. 20 in Madison.
JACKSON ARNOLD RUSHES FOR 137 AS AUBURN RUNS PAST BAYLOR
Quarterback Jackson Arnold rushed for a career-high 137 yards and scored two touchdowns in his Auburn debut to guide the Tigers to a 38-24 victory over Baylor on Friday night in the season-opening game for both teams at Waco, Texas.
Fellow transfer Rayshawn Pleasant returned a kickoff for a touchdown for the Tigers, who dominated the trenches and had a 307-64 edge in rushing yardage. Damari Alston (84 yards) and Jeremiah Cobb (74 yards) also rushed for touchdowns on 16 carries apiece for Auburn.
Sawyer Robertson completed 27 of 48 passes for 419 yards and three touchdowns and defensive star Keaton Thomas had 15 tackles for Baylor. Kole Wilson caught eight passes for 134 yards, while Michael Trigg (7 for 99), Kobe Prentice and Caden Knighten each had scoring receptions for the Bears.
Arnold, a transfer from Oklahoma, completed 11 of 17 passes for 108 yards. He put the game away when he sped up the middle for a 27-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-1 to give the Tigers the 38-24 lead with 4:32 left in the game.
Auburn took a 24-10 advantage when Cobb scored from the 2 with 5:40 left in the third quarter.
The Bears responded by scoring one of their two fourth-down touchdowns to pull within seven. Snapping from the Tigers’ 4-yard line, Robertson threw a pass in the left flat to Knighten, who raced to the end zone with 58 seconds remaining in the period.
Auburn temporarily shut off Baylor’s momentum as Pleasant caught the kickoff at the 2 and eventually veered left and raced down the sideline for a 98-yard touchdown. It is his third career return touchdown, the other two coming last season for Tulane.
The Bears battled back and pulled within 31-24 when Robertson hit Trigg on a 4-yard scoring pass with 11:48 left in the contest.
After Baylor’s Connor Hawkins opened the scoring with a 36-yard field goal, the Tigers scored the next 17 points.
Arnold completed a 12-play, 96-yard drive with a 24-yard scramble for touchdown with 34 seconds left in the first quarter.
Alston booted the lead to 14-3 when he scored on a 9-yard run with 10:29 left in the first half. Alex McPherson tacked on a 21-yard field goal with 5:45 to go to make it a 14-point margin.
Baylor moved within 17-10 when Robertson tossed a 33-yard touchdown pass to Prentice on fourth-and-8 with 3:21 remaining in the half.
HAYNES KING’S LATE TD RUN PROPELS GEORGIA TECH PAST COLORADO
Haynes King rushed for a go-ahead 45-yard touchdown with 1:07 left on Friday, propelling visiting Georgia Tech to a 27-20 victory over Colorado.
King, who lost two fumbles and threw an interception in the first quarter, completed 13-of-20 passes for 143 yards and ran for 156 yards and three scores.
Georgia Tech (1-0), which won the first all-time meeting between the schools, outgained Colorado 463-305.
Kaidon Salter completed 17 of 28 passes for 159 yards and a touchdown for Colorado (0-1), while Micah Welch led the Buffaloes with 64 rushing yards.
After trailing 13-10 at halftime, Colorado evened the score on Alejandro Mata’s 29-yard field goal with six minutes left in the third.
Georgia Tech answered with an 11-play, 75-yard drive that was finished with King’s 17-yard rushing score to give the Yellow Jackets a 20-13 lead entering the fourth.
Colorado finally found its offensive rhythm on the ensuing drive, tying the game with a 15-play possession, tying the game on Salter’s seven-yard rush with 8:25 remaining.
After King’s go-ahead score, Salter’s 50-yard hail mary attempt fell incomplete in the end zone as time expired.
King’s botched handoff resulted in a Georgia Tech fumble on the Yellow Jackets’ second play from scrimmage, turning the ball over to the Buffaloes just 20 seconds in.
Welch’s 16-yard rush to Georgia Tech’s 16-yard line was followed three plays later by Salter’s eight-yard touchdown pass to DeKalon Taylor, giving Colorado a 7-0 lead at the 12:08 mark of the first quarter.
Georgia Tech’s next drive ended the same way, as King couldn’t hold onto a high snap, which was recovered by Colorado’s Martavius French at Colorado’s 48-yard line.
After a three-and-out, King committed his third turnover of the first quarter, as the sixth-year senior was picked off by DJ McKinney at the Buffaloes’ 45-yard line.
Following Colorado’s punt, Georgia Tech pieced together a 13-play, 84-yard drive that resulted in Aidan Birr’s 32-yard field goal, cutting the Yellow Jackets’ deficit to 7-3 with 13:31 left in the first half.
Colorado’s third consecutive punt was followed by Georgia Tech’s 80-yard scoring drive, stamped with King’s four-yard rushing score with 4:33 remaining.
Colorado knotted the score at the 1:39 mark as Mata drilled a 42-yard field goal. Georgia Tech answered with Birr’s 43-yard field goal as time expired, giving the Yellow Jackets a 13-10 halftime lead.
LUKE ALTMYER POWERS NO. 12 ILLINOIS TO OPENING BLOWOUT OF WIU
Luke Altmyer threw for 217 yards and three touchdowns and No. 12 Illinois scored on its first five possessions to trigger a 52-3 season-opening victory over Western Illinois on Friday night in Champaign, Ill.
Altmyer completed 17 of 21 passes for the Illini, who played with an AP Top 25 ranking in their opener for the first time since 2008. Aidan Laughery rushed for 101 yards and two scores on nine carries, Justin Bowick snagged two touchdown passes and Hank Beatty caught five passes for 108 yards while delivering Illinois’ first punt return for a score since 2013.
Chris Irvin hit 14 of 29 passes for 134 yards for the FCS-level Leathernecks, who managed just 29 yards on the ground. Demari Davis posted four receptions for 65 yards.
After stuffing Western Illinois on fourth-and-6 on the game’s first possession, Illinois marched 59 yards for a score. Altmyer capped it with a 3-yard flip to wide-open tight end Tanner Arkin.
On the next play from scrimmage, NFL prospect Gabe Jacas (two sacks) hit Irvin from the blind side and forced a fumble that was recovered by Kaleb Patterson at WIU’s 26. Six plays later, Altmyer tossed a 3-yarder to Bowick for a 14-0 lead.
Laughery sprinted 25 yards down the left sideline to give Illinois a 21-0 lead with 13:20 to go in the first half, and then David Olano booted a 35-yard field goal and Altmyer rifled a 13-yard post to Bowick to push the gap to 31-0 by halftime. Illinois owned a 235-87 advantage in total yards at the break.
Western Illinois put something on the highlight reel when defensive end DJ Taylor blocked Olano’s 28-yard field-goal attempt to blunt the second half’s first drive. The Leathernecks did nothing with their ensuing possession, though, which set up a better highlight for Illinois’ special teams as Beatty took the punt return 69 yards for a 38-0 lead with eight minutes left in the third.
The Leathernecks got inside the 1-yard line on Davis’ 21-yard circus catch, but thanks to a false start and three stuffed rushes, they had to settle for Antonio Chadha’s 20-yard field goal on the first play of the fourth quarter.
Kaden Feagin and Laughery rushed for fourth-quarter scores as Illinois close it out with a 440-163 edge in total yards.
JALON DANIELS THROWS FOUR TD’S AS KANSAS ROUTS FCS FOE WAGNER
Kansas easily defeated FCS opponent Wagner 46-7 on Friday night at remodeled David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. The game was not in doubt after Kansas went up 29-0 midway through the second quarter.
But the Jayhawks (2-0) were not immune from mistakes. They’ll need to clean up those mistakes as they renew their rivalry with Missouri next Saturday in Columbia, Mo. The two former conference rivals will square off next Saturday for the first time since 2011, when Missouri left the Big 12 for the SEC.
The Jayhawks had a red-zone interception late in the second quarter and fumbled at the Wagner goal line in the fourth quarter. They were just 4-of-10 on third down. They also gave up a long touchdown on a fourth-down conversion by Wagner (0-1).
Wagner quarterback Jack Stevens was 13-of-20 for 90 yards and a touchdown.
Leading 29-7 at halftime, Kansas resumed its dominance on its first possession of the second half, going 75 yards in two plays. Jalon Daniels found Emmanuel Henderson Jr. on a 62-yard bomb for the score.
That ended Daniels’ night with 280 passing yards on 18-of-25 passes. He also threw four touchdowns, including two to Henderson, plus the interception.
Kansas wasted no time in establishing dominance over the Seahawks. After forcing a three-and-out on Wagner’s first possession, the Jayhawks took over at midfield and went 50 yards on six plays for the first touchdown, a 4-yard pass from Daniels to DeShawn Hanika. Daniels then connected with Henderson on a 9-yard strike for a 14-0 lead still in the first quarter.
Daniels’ third touchdown, with 13:06 left in the second quarter, went to Cam Pickett from 20-yards out. The 2-point conversion made it 22-0. Daniel Hishaw’s 20-yard carry made it 29-0 with 5:19 left in the half.
Wagner finally got on the board in the second quarter on a 45-yard screen pass from Jack Stevens to Jeremiah Colclough on fourth-and-3. And the half ended with Wagner’s Jayden Brown picking off Daniels’ pass in the end zone on a first-and-goal play from the 9-yard line.
MICHIGAN STATE DOMINATES ON ALL FRONTS, TAKES OUT WESTERN MICHIGAN TO START YEAR
Makhi Frazier rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown in his first career start and Aidan Chiles threw for 155 yards and a touchdown Friday night to help host Michigan State to a 23-6 victory over Western Michigan in the season-opener for both schools.
Chiles was shaken up with 5:40 to play in the game when he was sacked and fumbled the ball. He was replaced by Alessio Milivojevic on the next Michigan State drive.
The Spartans (1-0) have won 25 consecutive home openers against nonconference opponents, dating back to 1999.
Western Michigan (0-1) has lost 14 straight games to Michigan State dating back to 1921. Brady Jones, a transfer from Riverside Community College, started for the Broncos and completed 11 of 23 passes for 97 yards and one interception. Broc Lowry also completed 5 of 10 passes for 91 yards.
Michigan State scored its first two drives. After forcing Western Michigan to give up the ball on downs off the opening drive, the Spartans went ahead 7-0 when Brandon Tullis broke free on a 12-yard touchdown run with 5:30 left in the first quarter.
Chiles capped a 10-play, 75-yard drive in the second quarter when he tossed a touchdown pass to Nick Marsh, giving the Spartans a 14-0 lead. He later set up Michigan State’s next score when he ran 26 yards to the Broncos 9. One play later, Frazier pushed the margin to 21-0 with his 9-yard scoring run up the middle with 1:50 remaining in the half.
Michigan State’s defense, which forced Western Michigan to turn the ball over on downs three times, registered a safety with 8:01 left in the third quarter when Alex VanSumeren and Jalen Thompson stopped Broncos tailback Jalen Buckley in the end zone.
Western Michigan, which was held to 29 yards rushing, had an opportunity to score late in the third quarter but Hunter Smith missed a 46-yard field goal.
The Broncos only score came with 2:51 left when Milivojevic was intercepted by former Michigan State linebacker Tate Hallock and returned 32 yards for a touchdown. The two-point conversion failed.
MISSOURI QB SAM HORN (LEG) OUT FOR ‘EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME’
Missouri quarterback Sam Horn is sidelined indefinitely and underwent an MRI exam on Friday, one day after sustaining a serious right leg injury during a season-opening victory over Central Arkansas.
Horn was injured on a quarterback keeper in the first quarter on his first snap of the game. He was later seen sporting crutches and a full-length brace on his leg.
Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz said Friday that he is waiting to receive more information.
“It’s still a little bit of a wait-and-see game,” Drinkwitz told SEC This Morning. “We have an MRI this morning, and then we’ll know more on what the diagnosis is and the next step toward recovery. He’ll be out an extended period of time.”
The plan was for Horn and Penn State transfer Beau Pribula to share the workload in the 61-6 win over Central Arkansas.
Drinkwitz said recently he wanted game tape of both players in the opener to dissect before he would name a starting quarterback.
With Horn hurt, Pribula will move forward as the starter after completing 23 of 28 passes for 283 yards and two touchdowns against Central Arkansas. He also rushed for 65 yards and two scores.
The injury is a blow to Horn, who missed all of last football season while recovering from Tommy John surgery. A right-handed pitcher, he also missed the Missouri baseball season but was chosen in the 2025 draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round.
Horn subsequently signed with the Dodgers for just less than $500,000 with the club agreeing he would play football this season and then join the Dodgers following the season.
Missouri’s next game is Sept. 6 against visiting Kansas.
