Richardson out, Ekpe upgraded to questionable on Gophers injury report

The Gophers still have 11 players listed as out on their injury report for Saturday's game against Wisconsin.

November 27, 2015 at 6:19PM
Gopher defensive tackle Steven Richardson
Gopher defensive tackle Steven Richardson (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Gophers released their depth chart and injury report today for Saturday's game against Wisconsin.

At defensive tackle, Steven Richardson is out with a calf injury, but Scott Ekpe was upgraded to questionable after missing the past four games with an unspecified injury. As coach Tracy Claeys said, running back Rodney Smith is probable with his ankle injury.

Here's the injury report:

Jalen Myrick -- Out

Ace Rogers -- Out

Damarius Travis -- Out

Jeff Jones -- Out

Craig James -- Out

Rodney Smith -- Probable

Josh Campion -- Out

Brian Bobek -- Out

Isaac Hayes -- Out

Ben Lauer -- Out

Lincoln Plsek -- Out

Steven Richardson -- Out

Scott Ekpe -- Questionable

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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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