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Memphis safety suffers season-ending injury

By , Daily Memphian Published: August 18, 2025 7:27 PM CT

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 II

Frank Bonner II covers the Memphis Tigers. He is a top-10 APSE winner who covered Oklahoma State for the Tulsa World before joining The Daily Memphian in 2021. Bonner is a native of Indiana, where he started his career covering high school sports.


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