MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Injuries have decimated Middle Tennessee's football team this season, forcing young and inexperienced players into roles many didn't think they'd be in this early into the campaign.
No position group has seen more players go down than the Blue Raiders' defensive backs. Injuries to starters Jovante Moffatt, Reed Blankenship and Kylan Stribling and fall camp projected starter O.J. Johnson have left defensive coordinator Scott Shafer grasping for helmets to throw onto the field.
One of those helmets belongs to freshman Gregory Grate Jr.