College football QB depth charts & injuries - Week 0

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The Monday college football edition is a QB Depth Charts & Injuries Tracker post for all 133 FBS programs with notes on quarterback rooms dealing with injuries, QB battles or any other newsworthy items. This post is updated on the site throughout the week with breaking QB news leading up to kickoff.

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Week 0 QB Depth Charts & Injuries Tracker

Keep in mind, not every team releases a depth chart or an injury report, but the depth charts reflect whatever the team releases during the week. I’ll add a few notes to provide more context to any QB injury or depth chart question, and this post is updated throughout the week. The Big Ten requires an “availability report” be released two hours before game time that shows injury questions. Other than that, there is no consequence for teams to mislead on depth charts and injuries to potentially gain an advantage.

Because of that, this will never be perfect, but I put in the time and research on this page to make sure it’s the most accurate resource for QB injury and depth chart news on the internet.

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Week 0

Quarterback Central | Teams | Players

All seven Week 0 games will take place on Saturday, Aug. 26.

NAVY VS. NOTRE DAME

NAVY MIDSHIPMEN
Tai Lavatai (Stats) OR Blake Horvath (Stats)
Head coach Brian Newberry said he expects both quarterbacks to play, though Lavatai will likely start due to experience.

NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH
Sam Hartman (Stats)
Steve Angeli (Stats)

UTEP VS. JACKSONVILLE STATE

UTEP MINERS
Gavin Hardison (Stats)
Jake McNamara (Stats)

JACKSONVILLE STATE GAMECOCKS
Zion Webb (Stats) OR Logan Smothers (Stats)
Webb and Smothers are co-starters on the team depth chart, though head coach Rich Rodriguez said Webb will probably start with Smothers also seeing some game action.

UMASS VS. NEW MEXICO STATE

UMASS MINUTEMEN
Taisun Phommachanh (Stats)
Carlos Davis (Stats) OR Brady Olson (Stats)
Davis and Olson are co-backups, though Davis is likely the favorite.

NEW MEXICO STATE AGGIES
Diego Pavia (Stats)
Eli Stowers (Stats)

OHIO VS. SAN DIEGO STATE

OHIO BOBCATS
Kurtis Rourke (Stats)
CJ Harris (Stats)
Rourke will start after recovering from a season-ending torn ACL in November 2022.

SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS
Jalen Mayden (Stats)
Kyle Crum (Stats)

HAWAII VS. VANDERBILT

HAWAII RAINBOW WARRIORS
Brayden Schager (Stats)
Jake Farrell (Stats)
Special packages are in place for Dalen Morris.

VANDERBILT
AJ Swann (Stats)
Ken Seals (Stats)

SAN JOSE STATE VS. USC

SAN JOSE STATE SPARTANS
Chevan Cordeiro (Stats)
Jay Butterfield (Stats) OR Tyler Voss (Stats)
Butterfield and Voss are listed as co-backups on the depth chart.

USC TROJANS
Caleb Williams (Stats)
Miller Moss (Stats)

FIU VS. LOUISIANA TECH

FIU PANTHERS
Grayson James (Stats)
Keyone Jenkins (Stats)
Amari Jones (Stats) is out for the season after tearing his Achilles this spring, though it’s unclear whether he would’ve been in the two-deep.

LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS
Hank Bachmeier (Stats)
Jack Turner (Stats)

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WEEK 1

During the season, this spot will be reserved for teams on a bye week. Just about every team is not playing in Week 0, so here’s a much earlier look at the Week 1 QB depth chart & injury report. It’ll be updated with this link.