Texas A&M at Missouri injury updates: Thursday availability report revealed

On Saturday, No. 22 Missouri will host No. 3 Texas A&M inside Memorial Stadium. After losing two of their last three games, the Tigers will be hungry to hand Texas A&M a loss.

Nonetheless, the Aggies won’t make it easy. Texas A&M is 8-0 this season and should be well-rested after enjoying a bye in Week 10. Missouri also had a bye last week, but still has a sour taste in its mouth after falling 17-10 to Vanderbilt on Oct. 25.

Unfortunately, neither team will be at full-strength for the showdown. To see each team’s latest availability report, look below.

Texas A&M

• LB Scooby Williams – Out
• DB Bryce Anderson – Out
• RB Le’Veon Moss – Out
• DB Rashad Johnson – Out

Missouri

• QB Beau Pribula – Out
• K Blake Craig – Out
• QB Sam Horn – Out
• TE Brett Norfleet – Questionable

Texas A&M was spectacular in its 49-25 win over LSU in Week 9. The Aggies racked up 426 yards of total offense in the win, compared to the Tigers’ mere 278.

Nobody outshined Aggies QB Marcel Reed, who threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns, while tallying a team-high 108 yards and two scores in the ground game. For Texas A&M, all eyes will be on linebacker Scooby Williams, who is still recovering from an injury.

On the flip side, Missouri will be without star QB Beau Pribula, who suffered a dislocated ankle in the Tigers’ loss to Vanderbilt in Week 9. Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz said the injury won’t require surgery, but he’s unsure when/if Pribula will be able to return.

With Pribula sidelined, true freshman quarterback Matt Zollers led Missouri’s offense against Vanderbilt. Zollers completed 14-of-his-23 pass attempts for 138 yards and a touchdown, without throwing an interception.

Nonetheless, Zollers will have a tall task filling the hole left by Pribula. The Penn State transfer was looking like one of the best quarterbacks in the SEC before his injury.

Now 2-2 in the SEC, Missouri has no room for mistakes if it wants a shot at appearing in the College Football Playoff. Drinkwitz said the Tigers’ offense will look different with Zollers leading the way.

“It’s not really the full playbook, it’s about playing to what [Zollers’] strengths are, to answer your question,” Drinkwitz said. “Are there things that we’re going to add? Probably not. But are there things that he’s more comfortable with than maybe Beau was? Absolutely. So we can push those things in the playbook that maybe haven’t been shown.”

Missouri and Texas A&M will square off at 2:30 p.m. CT on Saturday. The game will air live on ABC.