Jacobe Covington Injury Update: Lincoln Riley gives status of USC cornerback

Cornerback Jacobe Covington will be questionable for the USC Trojans this weekend, head coach Lincoln Riley announced Thursday.

Covington was injured late in the game against Minnesota during a punt coverage play. He was helped to the sideline and did not return to the game for what turned out to be the Gophers’ game-winning drive.

“Covington will be questionable,” Riley said. “He’s been limited this week. Progressed a little bit faster than maybe we would have thought after the game”

Riley said that immediately after the game, he would have guessed Covington would have been a “for sure no for this game,” but Riley credited the veteran cornerback and team trainers for “pushing it along.”

Covington has started all five games for the Trojans this season but the Trojans do have a pretty deep cornerback room they can rely upon. Jaylin Smith has been a standout there and the Trojans have two veteran options who could play opposite him in DeCarlos Nicholson and John Humphrey. Nicholson played a number of snaps against Minnesota while Humphrey didn’t see any action. Veteran defensive back Prophet Brown could also factor into things there for USC.

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