The news that everyone had been dreading came out today as Jimmy Lake announced that star pass rusher Zion Tupuola-Fetui suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon last week and will be out 6-10 months. Lake generally refrains from announcing injuries during the season but clearly felt withholding the information from the general public wasn’t going to give the team a competitive advantage given the timeline.
Last season ZTF was one of the breakout stars of college football as he stepped in as a first time starter and had 7 sacks in 4 games. Had he been fully healthy there’s no doubt that ZTF would have been preseason 1st team all-conference this summer and also garnered heavy consideration for preseason All-American teams.