Memphis safety suffers season-ending injury
University of Memphis safety Kourtlan Marsh injured his wrist ahead of last year’s season opener, which sidelined him until the final four games of the season. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Memphis safety Kourtlan Marsh is out for the entire 2025 season after suffering an injury that required surgery.
“He had surgery last week, and you feel for him,” Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield said after Monday’s practice. “Such a tremendous young man — who I think was going to be a defensive captain for us — that the players loved, the community loved and was certainly going to be a great fixture for us back there in the secondary.”
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Frank Bonner II
Frank Bonner is the Memphis Tigers football beat writer. He is originally from Indiana but arrived in Memphis after spending two years in Tulsa, covering Oklahoma State football and basketball. He covered high school sports in Columbus, Indiana for two years before getting his Master’s degree in Sports Journalism at IUPUI. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.
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