Deion Burks, Taylor Tatum now OUT for OU at Auburn

The Sooners play at Auburn on Saturday. And they’ll need as many healthy bodies as possible. The first availability report of the week was released Wednesday night. Here is this week’s availability report for OU and Auburn:

OL Jake Taylor: Probable

RB Taylor Tatum: Doubtful

WR Andrel Anthony: Doubtful

WR Deion Burks: Questionable

LB Dasan McCullough: Questionable

DB Kendel Dolby: Out

OL Geirean Hatchett: Out

DB Gentry Williams: Out

WR Jalil Farooq: Out

WR Jayden Gibson: Out

K Tyler Keltner: Out

WR Nic Anderson: Out

Keltner is maybe the biggest surprise of the group. But it does not appear to be a serious injury for Keltner. Senior Zach Schmit will take over kicking duties this week for Keltner.

There are several questions regarding the long-term future of both Anthony and Anderson, two guys many expected to be healthy at this point. Coach Brent Venables declined to comment on their futures on Wednesday at the SEC teleconference.

“Again, I’m just going to stay out of all of that,” Venables said. “We have a protocol now that we go to that gives you an up to date, almost an up to the minute progress report for those guys. Whenever some other decisions or types of decisions are made on someone from a long-term standpoint, I’ll let you know as soon as those type of things are finalized.”

SEC availability reports

The availability reports are new for OU and in the SEC this season, with schools being required to release information regarding players’ availability for conference games. Teams must release an initial availability report on Wednesday by 7 p.m. CT followed by a daily report on Thursday and Friday, which must be released between the end of practice. Injured players will have one of the five designations on Wednesday-Friday.

Available: 100% chance to play, only will be listed if the player was previously on an availability report

Probable: Probable to play, 75% chance to play

Questionable: Uncertain to play, 50% chance to play

Doubtful: Unlikely to play, 25% chance to play

Out: Will not play, 0% chance to play

There will be another availability report released on Saturdays 90 minutes before kickoff with the following designations.

Available: Will dress for the game and be available to play.

Game Time Decision: Coaches and/or medical personnel need to evaluate the student-athlete in pre-game warmups before deciding whether he can participate in the game.

Out: Not dressing or available for the game.

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