BEVO BEAT Football Bumps, bruises piling up for Longhorns in August Posted August 17th, 2016


The Longhorns are getting dinged up as training camp rolls on.

Reporters saw receiver Armanti Foreman wearing a walking boot on Wednesday, and Foreman also posted a photo on Snapchat.

Offensive tackle Tristan Nickelson suffered an ankle injury and was also temporarily sidelined. Receiver Reggie Hemphill-Mapps suffered a knee injury, and his long-term status is unknown.


Up this point, receiver Lorenzo Joe (hamstring) was believed to be the only player with an injury that would keep him out of the season opener against Notre Dame.

Running backs D’Onta Foreman (ankle) and Chris Warren III (hamstring) have been sidelined with various ailments. Center Zach Shackelford (ankle) is considered day-to-day, and defensive tackle Chris Daniels was held out early in camp.

Briefly: The Baltimore Ravens announced Wednesday they signed former UT cornerback Carrington Byndom. … Cornerback Kendal Sheffield, the No. 4 member of the 2015 American-Statesman’s Fab 55, is transferring from Alabama and enrolled at Blinn College.

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