Virginia opened fall camp with a fairly short injury list, and Tony Elliott said the Cavaliers are being careful with a handful of players as practice gets rolling.
Elliott said three players were not full participants because of nagging issues: Fobbs-White, Corey Costner and Isaiah Robinson. He said he expects Fobbs-White and Costner to be close to ready by the time Virginia opens against NC State, while Robinson could need more time.
“Fobbs-White, Corey Costner, Isaiah Robinson are more just nagging things that we want to get ahead of so I anticipate by time we get ready to play [NC State, they will be healthy],” Elliott said. Well, at least Corey and Fobbs will be about ready to go.”
“I-Rob might be a little bit longer, but it was just a decision here over the last a couple of weeks to say, ‘hey, do we want to chance it and come out the gate as hard as we can and risk games on the back end? Or do we want to take a couple weeks and make sure that they're fully healthy so that we're ready to go?’”
Elliott also pointed to several other players who are being managed cautiously. Jim Harris is working back from surgery and is wearing a green jersey, with the expectation that he’ll return at some point during camp.
“Jim Harris, I know, is coming back from surgery, using a green jersey, so we anticipate that at some point during camp, we'll get him back,” Elliott said.
He added that Boley is on a modified plan, but nothing serious, and that Tim Hamann is recovering from surgery that was discovered after he arrived.
“I'm trying to think of who else. I think I saw a list here.
Boley’s just modified, nothing major there, just being smart. I guess I can call him an old man now.
He's been starting since he was a freshman. Talked about (Tim) Hamann, we found out when he got here that he needed a surgery.
So it's not a long term surgery, but he's recovering. He'll be about a month.”
Elliott also mentioned Spence as dealing with a soft tissue issue, while K-Rob is being handled carefully.
“Spence is just a soft tissue. K-Rob? Just being smart with Krob.”
Agard practiced but is also being limited, with a cast in place. Elliott said the approach with Agard, Costner and the others is precautionary, aimed at keeping them healthy for the season.
“Agard practiced, he's modified a little bit with the cast. And I talked about cautionary, it's really just precautionary trying to get them healthy for the season. I talked about Costner, it’s really just precautionary trying to get him healthy for the entire season.”
There was also an update on offensive lineman Kevin Wigenton, who was at practice Wednesday and is trying to work his way back into college football. A graduate student on the 2025 team, Wigenton has been in college football since 2021 and has appeared in just 26 games over five years.
“Wigenton is still going through his appeal process with the NCAA,” Elliott said. “So he hasn't gotten the full clearance for the extra year, but he's allowed to be out there. And so we're kind of working him back into shape.”
“Well, [the eligibility decision is] kind of at the mercy of the NCAA. So he's at the process now, though I think he's gone through the waiver process. Now he has to make an appeal and hopefully the appeal will go faster.”
As of Thursday morning, Virginia’s injury situation was limited to those players, aside from some absences, early departures and late arrivals tied to summer classes. Elliott said the Cavaliers got off to a strong start to fall camp.
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