During Mario Cristobal's Monday press conference he provided an injury update on Miami Hurricanes defensive back OJ Frederique, after playing two snaps against the Stanford Cardinal.

According to Cristobal, Frederqiue will be out for quite some time: [It's a] pretty significant injury, so he'll be down for quite a while." Cristobal did not provided a time table for when Frederique will be back.

Coming into the 2026–27 college football season, Frederique was considered the focal point of the Hurricanes' secondary. The Hurricanes next couple of games are tune-up games before they travel to Clemson. So, hopefully he gets to feeling better before the team travel in a tough environment.

This past season, Frederique played a huge role in the Hurricanes' secondary, recording a total of 19 tackles and seven pass deflections. He blew up his freshman season, totaling for 27 tackles and one interception.

Due to the injury, junior defensive back Damari Brown was inserted into the game to replace Frederqiue. This is a huge blow for the Hurricanes secondary. Now, it is time to see what player steps up in his spot.

The Hurricanes will kick off against the FAMU Rattlers this Thursday inside Hard Rock Stadium.

 

Last year's success, our recruiting success, 20+ years of misery and seeing what appears to finally be a balanced, complete roster calibrated everyone's expectations to playing/winning ring #6 this year. Injuries are the one thing that can sink those dreams fast. So, I can understand the frustration and freaking out, but, then again, some of us on this board are too old to be setting ourselves up for a coronary after just one game.

Personally, I think Bender's advice is sound: calm the ****.

OMG, how dare I suggest that we pull back on rotations and disguises because we have to play young corners due to injuries? That's uncalled for.

Like, in all seriousness, some in here should really read word for word and think what someone is typing out.

 

Imagine opening an injury thread voluntarily and then melting down that people are discussing injuries and possible implications.

If someone is holding a gun to your head and making you open the thread, my apologies and this doesn’t apply.

 

Like clockwork! SMH we lose a cornerback for a little while off the deepest room on the team and now all of a sudden the world is crumbling. Lucas, Brown and O’Connor have us folks and we will be just fine until OJ comes back. It’s like dang guys, step back from the ledge. OJ isn’t done for the year, be grateful for that.

We have the best roster we've had since 2002 and just recorded our largest conference victory since 2020, yet fans are still complaining. People need to enjoy the ride and realize how special this team is

 

Give this man some BPC-157 and he will be back for ND. Works wonders on the shoulder.

 

Give this man some BPC-157 and he will be back for ND. Works wonders on the shoulder.

I would expect him back by November. I think the goal is to get him back for Notre Dame. If we can make that happen, we’re in a good place. Plus, remember, young people heal fast. So we might even get them back sooner.

 

I would expect him back by November. I think the goal is to get him back for Notre Dame. If we can make that happen, we’re in a good place. Plus, remember, young people heal fast. So we might even get them back sooner.

How do you reconcile Mario's comment about "hoping" he's back for the end of the season with expecting he'd be back for early November?

 

Didn’t Lyle go out with an injury on the first drive vs Notre Dame?

First play, IIRC. Didn't bain and Damari go down wtihin the first few plays of the 2024 season as well?

 

OMG, how dare I suggest that we pull back on rotations and disguises because we have to play young corners due to injuries? That's uncalled for.

Like, in all seriousness, some in here should really read word for word and think what someone is typing out.

I think your expectations concerning reading and thinking in general may need to be tamped down. It almost leads me to believe excessive Bootie Pics >> alcohol when it comes to cortical degeneration. And have you seen anything over the last season that would lead you to believe our coaches are capable of adjusting to personnel?

#sarcasm

 

Ethan and Lucas stay healthy and we’ll be alright. Blow these teams out and get young guys reps early

Well Lucas wasnt mentioned one time in the OJ injury pod when everyone else was so you know how that goes

 

How do you reconcile Mario's comment about "hoping" he's back for the end of the season with expecting he'd be back for early November?

Bro, I’m not gonna get into the words people use when they’re in the middle of a press conference or interview. He clearly said The goal is to get him back by the end of the season and the end of the season is in the month of November. So if we can get him back by Notre Dame, then we have met that goal. I’m just happy he’s not done for the season and we will get him back eventually. I’m grateful for that.

 

I understand what you’re saying, but Daly isn’t a good example. Mario has always been transparent if a guy is out for the year. What he is not transparent about is any other injury.

Why is Daly not a good example?

 

Why is Daly not a good example?

Because Daly was reported as out for the season. And as I mentioned Mario never hides when someone is out for season. Atleast from what I can recall.

 

Give this man some BPC-157 and he will be back for ND. Works wonders on the shoulder.

Don't forget the TB500 to stack with it.

 

Well Lucas wasnt mentioned one time in the OJ injury pod when everyone else was so you know how that goes

Am watching it now And was just coming to post this. Not good

 

There goes playing anything but soft zone all year...which puts more pressure on the d-line. For ***** sake

That’s not always the case. Most highly ranked CB recruits are used to playing nothing but man coverage in high school. We would likely struggle with playing more complex zones than just saying “cover that guy”.

 

Who did we lose last year?

Lyle

 

Bain went out in 2024 against UF as did Ryan Rodgriguez. I can’t think of 2025 Game 1 ND.

Lyle

 

I asked A.I. in terms of recovery time so any doctors/Therapists here, please interject.

Possible injuries per what I saw when OJ made the tackle:

If he tore his bicep:

 

We aren't CFP worthy if we can't win without OJ

 

Give this man some BPC-157 and he will be back for ND. Works wonders on the shoulder.

Bpc 157 and tb 500 are great peps. I had some nasty inflammation in my elbow forearm and shoulder from working out. I tried everything to get rid of it and did the pep for about two weeks but within a week the inflammation was gone. My buddy credits it to cutting his healing for his acl partial repair from surgery in half.