Iowa State football suffers a significant injury setback on its offensive line
AMES — Does Thursday’s confirmation that starting right tackle Jake Remsburg is out with an injury mean another round of the Iowa State offensive line shuffle?
Already, line coach Jeff Myers said redshirt freshman Tyler Maro had been moved from left tackle to back up Grant Treiber, who was Remsburg’s No. 2 on the right side. That’s at least tackle replacing tackle, which is a positive thing — and unlike how last season went.
At times during the 7-6 campaign of 2021, offensive line injuries were so significant that five guards were forced to play at the same time. That didn’t happen much, but it happened. It showed the vulnerability that just one injury can cause.
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Myers said “no comment” when asked if Remsburg had an MCL-related knee injury. Those types of injuries are common among offensive linemen, who are knocked every which way on each play.
“Jake’s day-to-day,” Myers said after practice Thursday. “The goal right now is we can get him rolling back into practice and get him ready for week one. With that being said, it is a day-to-day thing, but our goal and our timeline right now is get him ready for that first week — getting him rolling back into practice and see where he’s at.”
Iowa State opens the season Sept. 3 against Southeast Missouri at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames. Remsburg has been out at least 10 days. The 6-foot-6 junior from West Des Moines Valley started seven games in 2020 and played all 13 games last season as Derek Schweiger’s backup.
“The goal is to get him back for the beginning of the season,” Myers said. “He’s with our training staff. We’re hoping we can get him in a position where he can get back on the field for the first game.”
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Treiber is a 6-foot-6, 315-pound junior. A member of the 2019 recruiting class, he chose Iowa State over offers from Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma State and Oregon. He played in two 2020 games, and none last year.
“He’s been on that right side, running with that first group right now,” Myers said of Treiber. “He’s put some really good days together. We moved Tyler Maro over to that right side, too — shuffling some things around for the time being, but it’s all positive from that standpoint.”
Iowa State columnist Randy Peterson embarked on his 50th year of writing sports for the Des Moines Register in December 2021. Reach him at rpeterson@dmreg.com, 515-284-8132, and on Twitter at @RandyPete.
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