First of all, best of luck to TreVonte' on a successful surgery and rehab. I feel terrible for him, these are never fun no matter when they happen, but for it to be in camp before your freshman year in a time where you're really eager to show the world what you can do, it's really ******. But, if everything goes smoothly, he should be 100.0% by next fall camp. If this HAS to happen, it's better now than in October or November. I expect him to be a full-go when we open camp in 2023. Absolute best of luck to him, and come back even stronger.
As far as the team, it's pretty rare to not have a single season-ending injury in camp. Seems like everyone has this happen to at least 1 kid in summer or camp. Let's just hope this is our "one" and get through the rest of camp healthy. Now would be a REALLY good time for Don Chaney to remind people he's actually very good at football. If Chaney can be the borderline 5-star talent he was expected to be, this shouldn't cripple the team overall. Even though I think a lot of folks had their eyes on Citizen stealing this job by mid-season, this was always going to be a pretty rotation heavy backfield. We still have excellent versatility there, and 4 kids who should be able to get the job done. I don't think this hurts the outlook of the season very much, but again, it's imperative that Chaney become what he's capable of. If he does, it lessens the impact of this injury significantly and everyone can still have a role. But I still expect Chaney and Parrish to split the traditional RB work, Thad to have some sort of short-yardage role at a minimum, and Rooster to be used very heavily in the passing game. These 4 can still get it done and then some, but it's time to come correct and show everyone why you're here.