Arizona State DT Jermayne Lole having surgery for tear in right triceps
Aug 13, 2021, 4:32 PM
Arizona State Sun Devils defensive lineman Jermayne Lole (90) rushes during the college football game between the USC Trojans and the Arizona State Sun Devils on November 9, 2019 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
(Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Arizona State senior defensive tackle Jermayne Lole will be having surgery for a tear in his right triceps, head coach Herm Edwards said Friday.
The expectation is that Lole will miss a few months and could be out the rest of the season. Edwards couldn’t speak on a potential timeline and if Lole was out for the remainder of the year.
It’s a significant loss for the Sun Devils defense. Lole is one of the best interior defensive linemen in college football, being named to the Outland Trophy watch list for the nation’s best lineman and First Team All-Pac-12 for the preseason.
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In his sophomore season back in 2019, Lole had 72 tackles, the most by an ASU lineman since 2002. He also led the team with five sacks.
ASU had all of its defensive linemen return from last season, a unit that Lole was set to be the star man of.
The Sun Devils are less than a month from the start of the season, with kickoff for the season opener set for Sep. 2 against Southern Utah.
