Kill tells WCCO that Travis will redshirt (medical); Poock, Cockran and Scott Ekpe questionable for Michigan

Senior safety Damarius Travis will sit out the rest of the season with a hamstring injury, coach Jerry Kill told WCCO (830-AM) on Sunday.

October 25, 2015 at 3:32PM
Gophers safety Damarius Travis (7) against Wisconsin last season
Gophers safety Damarius Travis (7) against Wisconsin last season (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Gophers coach Jerry Kill gave several injury updates on his weekly segment with Sid & Dave on WCCO (830-AM) Sunday morning:

* Senior safety Damarius Travis (hamstring) will indeed miss the rest of the season and take a medical redshirt year. Kill had said that was a strong possibility last week. Kill told WCCO that Travis and TE Lincoln Plsek (back injury) both have medical redshirt seasons available to them.

* Players returning for Saturday's game against Michigan: C Brian Bobek

* Nicked up players who will be full speed for Michigan: RB Shannon Brooks, RB Rodney Smith

* Players questionable for the Michigan game: LB Cody Poock, DT Scott Ekpe, DE Theiren Cockran

* Players out for the Michigan game: OL Josh Campion (concussion)

Kill said TE Duke Anyanwu practiced for the first time in six weeks last Wednesday, though Kill didn't sound optimistic about him playing soon.

Kill made a point of saying that LB De'Vondre Campbell was limited in the Nebraska game -- not because of discipline -- but because he became a first-time father the night before the game and was out of the game plan.

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Joe Christensen, a Minnesota Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.

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