Vanderbilt football announces multiple players out vs. Alabama A&M

The Vanderbilt Commodores have released their injury report ahead of their Week 1 matchup with Alabama A&M. Ruled out on Saturday night are: a number of defensive lineman, Christian James, Linus Zunk, Brayden Bapst, and Daevion Davis. Starting right tackle Junior Uzebu is also out this evening.

Quincy Skinner, Jr. will be playing on Saturday night as will rotational defensive back Martel Hight, the information was relayed on Saturday evening by Robbie Weinstein. The game is starting at 7:00 PM EST.

According to Weinstein, the ‘Dores will give freshman offensive lineman Grayson Morgan his first career start on Saturday night. He was the first team right tackle in warmups, with Junior Uzebu out.

In the 2022 cycle, Morgan was ranked as a three-star prospect and the No. 762 overall player in America, according to the On3 Industry Rankings.

Heading into the fourth quarter the Vanderbilt Commodores had a commanding lead over Alabama A&M, 33-10. At the start of the quarter, the SEC network team caught up with the Commodores’ head coach, Clark Lea, to get his thoughts on his team’s performance.

“Yeah. I actually felt defensively, outside that first drive where we were taking on so much water, I thought we played well,” said Lea. “We made the adjustments and got stopped. Offensively (we) got careless with the ball on the interception. And too many third downs on offense. I mean, we gotta convert on first and second down. I thought we got some rhythm here in the third quarter offensively. Disappointed in the big play on defense. But it looks like we’re back in that rhythm defensively. So, we gotta finish this thing out.”

Vanderbilt ended up winning Saturday night’s game in dominant fashion, 47-13. The ‘Dores racked up 461 total yards of offense against Alabama A&M. The win moved their overall record to 2-0 thus far on the 2023 season.

Vanderbilt handled a pesky Hawaii team in Week 0

In Week 0, they handled a pesky Hawaii team that battled until the very end. Vandy prevailed 35-28, but it certainly wasn’t easy. Hawaii quarterback Brayden Schager threw for 351 yards and three touchdowns, while tossing two interceptions.

A.J. Swann had a good showing, throwing for 258 passing yards and three touchdowns. Will Sheppard hauled in six catches, two of them for touchdowns.

Next up for Vanderbilt, they’ll take on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Sept. 9th.

On3’s Justin Rudolph also contributed to this article.