West Virginia is down another cornerback.

Chris Anderson of EerSports.com, the West Virginia site in the 247Sports network, cited sources when reporting Monday that redshirt sophomore Jake Long, a second-string corner for the Mountaineers, would miss an extended period of time after suffering a dislocated wrist. He was a three-star prospect in the industry-generated 247Sports Composite, playing in 11 games last season

West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen confirmed Long’s injury during a press conference on Monday.

“He will miss a few months,” Holgorsen said, “but we expect him back this season. Probably around the same time as (Brendan) Ferns and (Quandarius) Qualls.”



Ferns, a linebacker, was lost to an ACL injury in April. Qualls, an outside linebacker, missed the spring and summer with an ACL injury.



Tennessee and No. 17 West Virginia kickoff the 2018 season on Sept. 1 (3:30 p.m. Eastern Time; TV: CBS) in the Belk College Kickoff at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.



West Virginia now has five scholarship cornerbacks available after an eventful fall camp: Hakeem Bailey, Derek Pitts, Keith Washington, Josh Norwood and Jordan Adams.



Only Bailey, the starter ahead of Long at left corner, has played meaningful snaps in the past. Washington and Norwood are newcomers at West Virginia after transferring from junior college, with both fighting for a starting job according to EerSports.com.



Adams signed with West Virginia in 2015 only to transfer out of the program, then returned to the team and got first-team reps during camp.



West Virginia earlier this month lost freshman tight end Mike O’Laughlin for the season due to an ACL tear and freshman wide receiver Dillon Spalding was lost to a season-ending ankle injury.



The injury bug biting followed some odd news on Sunday.

Fan Day in Morgantown was cancelled after five members of the West Virginia football team came down with Hand, Foot and Mouth disease.



“I know the fans who were planning on attending Fan Day will be disappointed,” athletic director Shane Lyons said, “but this in the best interest of all involved.



“Our medical staff is doing an excellent job of addressing the matter. However, there is no reason to put the general public at risk.”



Holgorsen said Tuesday that the disease had been contained and described it as “more of a nuisance than anything.”



“Yeah, I think so,” Holgorsen said. “There was some overreaction to it a little bit. It’s poison ivy with a fever. The hands and feet aren’t going to fall off. We have contained it. It is contained.



“Our medical staff did a great job. We clean this place as well as you can possibly clean it.”



Holgorsen also noted Tuesday he isn’t pleased that Tennessee gets more time to prepare in a camp setting than his West Virginia team does, due to class starting earlier in Morgantown, kicking in a 20-hour rule for WVU coaches.



“Let’s get this out of the way,” Holgorsen said. “I’m not happy we get less time to prepare than Tennessee does based on our school starting six days (earlier). I think it’s a flaw in how the NCAA does preseason practices.”

