[Blake O'Neill spotted wearing brace on right knee]

Submitted by James Burrill Angell on December 29th, 2015 at 11:03 PM

Twitter reports indicating Blake O'Neill blew out his knee and has been spotted in a knee immobilizer brace.

Mod edit: Clickbait title with no source. Fixed the title; here's a source. JGB.

Saw Blake O'Neill with a brace on his right knee at Michigan practice today. A Michigan spokesman could not confirm an injury.
— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) December 29, 2015

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Bando Calrissian

December 29th, 2015 at 11:04 PM ^

Doesn't matter, we won't be punting anyway.

But, really. Sucks.

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amir_6

December 29th, 2015 at 11:04 PM ^

Not Blake...

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GoWings2008

December 30th, 2015 at 12:40 AM ^

/Boondock Saints'd

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GoWings2008

December 30th, 2015 at 12:41 AM ^

/double post'd

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VinegarStrokes

December 29th, 2015 at 11:04 PM ^

Harbaugh to M, book it.

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JClay

December 29th, 2015 at 11:05 PM ^

Ohhhh that's not good in an expected defensive battle. Sorry for Blake, he was great all season.

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jdon

December 30th, 2015 at 1:41 AM ^

well... not ALL season...

I kid,

I kid

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s1105615

December 30th, 2015 at 8:02 AM ^

The fact I can laugh at this is a testament to how far I've come since that night...

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Yessir

December 29th, 2015 at 11:08 PM ^

he can punt. And I don't doubt him.

Sorry for Blake though.

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UM Fan from Sydney

December 30th, 2015 at 7:00 AM ^

Except Pepp might not be playing, too.

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mgobleu

December 30th, 2015 at 7:02 AM ^

This is not a joke, I'm dead serious; put his butt back there. A long snap to peppers at 4th and 8 or 10 is a high percentage play if you ask me. With that kind of space I bet he picks it up 80% of the time.

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funkywolve

December 30th, 2015 at 10:43 AM ^

Do we have confirmation he's playing?

I'm hoping he's playing defense but based upon the rumors with his hand I'm guessing he could limited in his ability to play offense and special teams.

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Yost Ghost

December 30th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^

ala coach Kevin Kelley

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Mr. Yost

December 29th, 2015 at 11:08 PM ^

But thanks for the info.

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bluesalt

December 29th, 2015 at 11:11 PM ^

Makes it sound like an awards show rather than a severe injury to one of our players. Not in the best taste.

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MotownGoBlue

December 29th, 2015 at 11:20 PM ^

And the loser is.................. Colombia!

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Canadian

December 29th, 2015 at 11:10 PM ^

NOOOOOOOOO

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Mr. Yost

December 29th, 2015 at 11:11 PM ^

Huge deal that's not huge. Early in the year this would've been tough, I'm actually interested to see if Allen can handle all 3 going into next season.

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MgoHacker

December 29th, 2015 at 11:22 PM ^

I'm sure he can and he'd rather it be that way so he can get on the field more. Keep in mind he was a punter before he got moved to kicker because of the issues there

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Avon Barksdale

December 29th, 2015 at 11:31 PM ^

I'd like to see Allen handle K and P but hopefully Andrew David is strong enough to handle the PK duties in 2016-17.

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umbig11

December 30th, 2015 at 7:22 AM ^

Very very unlikely he handles any of the kicking duties next year.

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Arinix

December 30th, 2015 at 7:28 AM ^

Why's that?

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ramenboy

December 30th, 2015 at 7:40 AM ^

Quinn Nordin?

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hunterjoe

December 30th, 2015 at 8:45 AM ^

Or Kenny Allen... It's not like he was bad this year. Unless he doesn't get his 5th year.

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Mr. Owl

December 30th, 2015 at 12:03 AM ^

Not worried about Allen.

Worried about the rest of the punt team, as they will have to adjust to having a conventional punter.

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Mr. Yost

December 30th, 2015 at 9:23 AM ^

O'Neill hit plenty of straight on punts this year. Probably half of them to be honest. And everyone on that punt team minus a true freshman had the Hoke years. It's not going to be foreign to anyone.

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Zoltanrules

December 29th, 2015 at 11:16 PM ^

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M-Dog

December 29th, 2015 at 11:22 PM ^

Did you see that kid bounce? That's what I keep telling my wife "Quit worrying about everything, kids are made of rubber."

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trublue616

December 30th, 2015 at 2:32 AM ^

I really needed that laugh after the week I've been having. Thanks.

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Zoltanrules

December 30th, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^

The bad part is that even after I post a GIF, I can't help but watch it over and over.

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Wolverdog

December 30th, 2015 at 6:23 AM ^

Rub some dirt on it.

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FauxMo

December 29th, 2015 at 11:16 PM ^

OH CRIKEY!

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Padog

December 29th, 2015 at 11:17 PM ^

This will influence some of our decisions for sure. Fourth and 5 from their 46, no way we don't go for it. Fourth and 2 from our 43, go for it.

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Double-D

December 29th, 2015 at 11:53 PM ^

boomed into the end zone.

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Monkey House

December 29th, 2015 at 11:17 PM ^

just tell him to kick with the other leg.

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M-Dog

December 29th, 2015 at 11:20 PM ^

Sucks in what will likely be a field position game.

Consistently pin Florida inside their own 20 and I don't think they can string enough plays together to score.

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Double-D

December 29th, 2015 at 11:51 PM ^

In a game like this, with two great defenses and Florida's porous offense, Blake's ability to drop it inside the ten yard line could be missed. Having Kenny to back him up is fortunate to minimize the loss.

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ckersh74

December 29th, 2015 at 11:27 PM ^

Hopefully they can teach Allen how to kick the ball into the Everglades in just a couple days.

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blueblueblue

December 29th, 2015 at 11:53 PM ^

A brace on his right knee? He's from Australia, he only kicks with his wrong knee. He's fine.

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Njia

December 30th, 2015 at 12:13 AM ^

He only kicks on the wrong side of the field, just like in the UK and Japan.

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gwkrlghl

December 30th, 2015 at 12:27 AM ^

This game is going to be a Punting Exhibition. O'Neill's ability to drop punts inside the 20 would be a massive loss in this game. I'd argue this is the worst loss we could have in this one. Maybe Rudock being the only worse one.

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uminks

December 30th, 2015 at 2:12 AM ^

to tear your knee up in practice! I wish him a speedy recovery and I'd like to see him punting in the NFL! I think Allen will do a good job punting.

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LickReach

December 30th, 2015 at 7:35 AM ^

Indeed. NFL seems to be shifting to specialty punters ala Sam Koch in Baltimore. Speedy recovery towards a long career.

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CoachBP6

December 30th, 2015 at 2:49 AM ^

I've coached special teams before and I can tell you it's common practice to have your kickers punting and punters kicking during special teams portions of practice.

Kenny Allen has very likely been practicing punting all year long. Whether or not Allen is any good at punter remains to be seen

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