Kentucky football linebacker J.J. Weaver likely to miss Northern Illinois game

Lexington the Kentucky football team likely will be without one of its top Defenders for this weekend's game against Northern Illinois linebacker J.J Weaver is week to week with an injury UK coach Mark Stoops said Monday at his weekly news conference and is unlikely to play When the 8th ranked Wildcats host the Huskies Saturday at 7 pm at Kroger field on its depth chart for Saturday's game against Northern Illinois released Monday morning Kentucky listed Jordan Wright as the starter at Weaver's outside linebacker position freshman Alex zafari is the starter at the strong side linebacker spot right typically plays the investigation Kentucky releases report on athletes filing inaccurate time cards at UK health up next what to know about the 2022 Kentucky football schedule kickoff times TV info streaming Weaver a former star at Moore was injured on Youngstown State's first drive Saturday after laying on the field he set up on his own and eventually was helped to his feet he walked off the field and into the tunnel leading to the UK locker room and did not return to the game Weaver has an undisclosed upper body injury even without Weaver the Wildcats shut out the Penguins 31-0 but he's a vital piece to the defense moving forward Weaver has 15 tackles this season tied for the team lead despite his limited appearance against Youngstown State he's becoming an emotional leader for UK valiantess day versus Youngstown Kentucky football needs its secondary to shine how Carrington Valentine is doing his part defensive teammate Sid Weaver's public comments that Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson wouldn't be able to run the ball against Kentucky a week after he rests for 104 yards against Utah where a motivating factor in the cats 26 to 16 week to win in Gainesville Florida made a statement earlier in the week saying that he wasn't going to be able to run and we had to stand behind him on that cornerback kedron Smith said after UK held Richardson to four yards on six carries this story will be updated later with more information this article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal Kentucky football linebacker J.J Weaver likely to miss Northern Illinois game

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