Cody Poock out for the season with shoulder injury

Cody Poock re-injured his right shoulder against Purdue and will have season-ending surgery, coach Tracy Claeys said.

November 8, 2016 at 6:08PM
Gophers linebacker Cody Poock (12)
Gophers linebacker Cody Poock (12) (Brian Stensaas — Minneapolis Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Gophers linebacker Cody Poock will have shoulder surgery and miss the rest of the season, coach Tracy Claeys said Tuesday.

Poock re-injured his right shoulder in last week's win over Purdue. The Gophers list Nick Rallis as their starting middle linebacker for the Nebraska game, but he'll have to miss the first half after getting ejected for targeting against Purdue.

Thomas Barber is listed as the backup at middle linebacker, and he'll see an increased role without Poock or Rallis in the first half.

It looks like there's a possibility offensive lineman Garrison Wright (shoulder) can play. On the team's weekly depth chart and injury report, the Gophers list the starter at right guard as Wright "or" Vincent Calhoun.

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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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