The ACC’s first availability report for Friday’s Miami-Wake Forest matchup brought no surprises for the Hurricanes, but it did confirm four players will be out when No. 5 Miami heads on the road.
Miami listed cornerbacks OJ Frederique Jr. and Xavier Lucas, defensive back Ja’Boree Antoine and tight end Luka Gilbert as unavailable for the game at Wake Forest. All four had already been expected to miss the matchup.
Frederique’s absence traces back to the second snap of the Stanford opener, when he suffered a significant left shoulder injury while making an open-field tackle and never returned. Mario Cristobal said the St. Thomas Aquinas product will be out for quite a while.
Lucas is also sidelined after logging 39 snaps at Stanford, where he finished with two tackles and two pass breakups. Cristobal said he is expected to miss about a month.
Antoine has not played this season after being ruled out before the Stanford game, and Cristobal said his injury is expected to keep him out until the latter part of the year.
Gilbert is out for the season after getting hurt before fall camp.
There was one Miami note worth watching: defensive back Dylan Day has no designation after missing the first two games.
Wake Forest’s report was lighter on concern at the top. Quarterback Gio Lopez is probable and is expected to start Friday after helping the Demon Deacons outlast Purdue 38-36 in double overtime.
Lopez went 16 of 27 for 225 yards and a touchdown in that win and added 59 rushing yards and two scores. Through two games, he has thrown for 575 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions.
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