The Florida State football team has seen its first two substantial injuries since preseason camp started just over one week ago.
Grad transfer tight end Jordan Wilson will miss the season after sustaining an injury last week, head coach Mike Norvell said on Monday morning.
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The former UCLA player will apply to the NCAA for a sixth year of eligibility, and Norvell said the Seminoles expect to have him back next season.
"His plan right now is to rehab and to obviously be back with us here this next season," Norvell said. "We're definitely glad to have him part of the program, the type of young man that he is. it's unfortunate to have this setback, but he will have a great future in the next couple years here as a Seminole."
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Freshman quarterback Chubba Purdy sustained an injury in Saturday’s scrimmage and will miss a few weeks, Norvell said. Norvell did not disclose the specifics of either injury.
"He's done a lot of great things," Norvell said of Purdy, one of four quarterbacks battling for the Seminoles' starting job. "But we'll have a couple weeks that he'll be out. Then he'll continue to get back and progress here moving forward."
The Wilson injury deals a significant setback for Florida State's plans at the tight end position. FSU returns only one player with college experience at the position -- junior Camren McDonald -- and he has a grand total of six receptions.
Wilson, a 6-foot-4, 250-pounder who was a part-time starter at UCLA, was expected to be a target in the passing game but also a physical blocker to help the Seminoles' offensive line.
"The first few practices we had him in, he had done really well," tight ends coach Chris Thomsen said. "He was really physical at the point of attack in the run game, and he did a good job in the pass game."
With Wilson out, the Seminoles' remaining top tight ends are McDonald, freshman Carter Boatwright, converted quarterback Wyatt Rector, freshman Markeston Douglas and freshman walk-on Preston Daniel.
Daniel, who is from the Memphis area, came to FSU as a recruited walk-on when Norvell's staff arrived, and he has received praise from coaches numerous times already this preseason.
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