Southern Miss starting quarterback Jack Abraham did not make the trip to Lynchburg, Virginia with the team to face Liberty on Saturday.
For an undisclosed reason, the senior from Oxford is unavailable and sophomore Tate Whatley got his first start of the season in his place.
Tim Billing is already filling in for interim head coach Scotty Walden, who also did not make the trip after he contracted COVID-19 earlier in the week.