The 2019 season hasn’t even kicked off yet, and Virginia’s secondary has been hit with what could be a rather significant injury.
Darrius Bratton sustained an unspecified injury to one of his knees during practice Wednesday. While the football program has yet to address it publicly, multiple media outlets are reporting that the cornerback could miss/is likely lost for the entire upcoming season.
Bratton had already been a limited participant for the first half of summer camp as he was working through a hamstring issue.
Sorry to hear that #UVa defensive back Darrius Bratton from Roanoke suffered knee injury Wednesday and is likely lost for the season. Good kid. Hasn't been redshirted so has two years remaining.
— Douglas Doughty (@DoughtySports) August 15, 2019
If Bratton is indeed sidelined for all of 2019, he would be eligible for a medical redshirt and then have two years of eligibility remaining he could use beginning with the 2020 season.
Bratton, a three-star 2017 signee, has played in 22 games during his first two seasons in Charlottesville, including all 13 a year ago. This past season, he started five of those baker’s dozen appearances for the Cavaliers.