Players at Kansas State University who were expecting to red-shirt this football season may end up having the red-shirt status pulled so that they can play if injuries continue to plague the football team.

It’s apparent that Kansas State has not had the best of luck this season when it comes to injuries, losing their starting quarterback on the first play of the first game earlier this season. Since then the Wildcat’s have lost their number three and number four quarterback which led to wide receiver Kody Cook coming in and playing a few series last weekend against Oklahoma State when the now starter and previous number two quarterback Joe Hubener was injured, Cook would later leave the game with a shoulder injury bringing Hubener back in.

The injuries aren’t just on the offensive side of the ball either, as the defense lost starting safety Dante Barnett in the first game of the year, and appear to have lost back up cornerback Cre Moore who was arrested this past weekend on suspicion of driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

To fill all of those positions Kansas State has taken a closer look at this years freshman class according to Coach Bill Snyder.

“We have worked a number of young guys that are freshman, first year freshman, into our team periods. So consequently we’ve prepared guys if indeed we were to have some of the issues that we’re having right now,” said Snyder. “It’s certainly a possibility. We’ve had a number of young guys, both sides of the ball, prepare if we have to.”

With Kody Cook’s status unclear the next quarterback on the roster would likely be true freshman Zach Davidson.

“You have no options, and that’s not going against anything Zach does, Zach’s just young and inexperienced in the offense. He’s still got a lot to learn, we just have to do a good job of being able to define all of the things that he can do and does do well and has a good grasp of and make sure we don’t get out of that box, so to speak.”

Kansas State continues its tough conference stretch this Saturday when #2 ranked TCU comes to Bill Snyder Family Stadium ranking second in the Big 12 in scoring offense, passing offense, total offense and passing efficiency.

Saturday’s game will kick off at 6:30 pm and will be shown to a national audience on FOX.