Coach Terrence Graves said Southern is expecting to have starting safety Horcaio Johnson and starting right tackle Bryan Wallace back from injury this week, he said at Tuesday’s media availability.
Southern’s upcoming Southwestern Athletic Conference game is against Bethune-Cookman at 2 p.m. Saturday at Daytona Stadium in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The second-year coach didn’t state what either player’s injury was. On Johnson, he said he “should be available” and has been “running around” on the field in practice.
Johnson, who was a preseason All-SWAC first-team defender, was injured during Southern’s 38-13 home loss to Jackson State on Sept. 27. In the postgame conference, Graves called the graduate student the team’s “bell cow” in the defensive backfield and that losing him made it d