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WVU HC Neal Brown Clears Up Confusion, Confirms Injuries to Top Players

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WVU Football Garrett Greene Takes Hit to the Neck against Kansas State

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – In an effort to clear up any confusion, WVU head coach Neal Brown made it known that his team is “severely banged up” after the 45-18 loss to Kansas State.

Brown revealed that Garrett Greene, Jahiem White and Wyatt Milum all missed the second half due to enduring injuries earlier in the game. Without knowing exactly what type of injury they suffered, Brown did confirm he believes multiple players out of that group suffered injuries to the head.

Brown also added that he was unaware Greene and White would be out until getting in the locker room for half time.

There’s no word on how long any of these players will be out, but Brown continuously called his team “banged up” throughout his postgame press conference on Saturday night.

“It’s a rash of head injuries, four of them in total. I didn’t talk to (Assistant Athletics Director/Head Athletic Trainer) Vince (Blankenship), our athletic trainer, because he was so busy after the game. I try to talk to him usually before I come up here but he was tied up, but four of them at least,” said Brown about the injuries after the game.

Backup quarterback Nicco Marchiol took over for Greene in the second half, completing 6-of-13 passes for 58 yards and a touchdown. He attempted nine carries, resulting in zero yards on the ground. Marchiol confirmed he learned Greene was out shortly before going out to the field for the second half.

With White out, CJ Donaldson finished the game with 34 yards on 12 rushes.

These injuries do not even account for players like Aubrey Burks who were unable to dress for the game.

WV Sports Now will update the injuries as we learn more information.

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