The Kansas State football team is starting to suffer from a growing number of injuries at one crucial defensive position. Due to an injury sustained during Saturday’s 29-27 victory against Kansas at Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Asa Newsom, a redshirt freshman linebacker who has participated in every game for the Wildcats this season, will miss the rest of the campaign.
During his weekly press conference on Monday, K-State football coach Chris Klieman stated, “Unfortunately, we lost him for the season with an injury.” “We are somewhat lacking at linebacker.” When K-State travels to Houston later this week for an away game, linebacker depth may be an issue.
This month, Overland Park senior linebacker Beau Palmer also sustained a season-ending injury. Palmer and Newsom were both defensive backups for the Wildcats. K-State will have to rely more on top players Austin Romaine, Austin Moore, and Desmond Purnell in their absence, as well as on untested tacklers who may now get increased playing time.
“We’re going to have to do some things with our package to help that position out,” Klieman stated, adding that “some young guys have to be able to step up.” Newsom has seen up to 27 defensive snaps in some games this season and has recorded four tackles for the Wildcats. Newsom has previously had a difficult injury. After showing potential in his early appearances, he suffered a season-ending injury that kept him out of the remaining nine games of his redshirt season.
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