Isaiah Bond, WR
The one injured Longhorns player who didn't participate in practice on Monday was junior wide receiver Isaiah Bond. Since the win over the Oklahoma Sooners in the Red River Rivalry game in Dallas on Oct. 12, Bond has been dealing with a lingering ankle injury.
Bond re-aggravated the ankle injury in the SEC Championship Game a couple of weekends ago against Georgia in Atlanta when he was rolled up on while blocking downfield.
Due to the lingering ankle injury, Bond missed Texas's win over the Vanderbilt Commodores in late October. He was also limited for his snaps in the loss to Georgia on Oct. 19 and in the win over the Florida Gators in early November.
Bond didn't participate in Monday's practice during the open media viewing window. He was the only injured Longhorns player who the media didn't see participating in practice on Dec. 16 either.
Sarkisian said that the Longhorns "shut him down" last week during walkthroughs and practice drills and that Bond is doing "everything in his power to play" against Clemson this weekend in the Playoff.
"We took last week to shut him down completely to try to get him as healthy as we could. Isaiah and I had a great meeting last week and he’s going to do everything in his power to play this week, but we’re going to have to monitor that daily as it goes."Steve Sarkisian on Isaiah Bond
In Bond's absence on Monday, freshman Ryan Wingo took the first-team wide receiver reps in practice alongside sophomore slot DeAndre Moore Jr. and junior Matthew Golden.
Bond has registered 33 receptions for 532 receiving yards and five touchdown catches. He also has four rushing attempts for 98 yards and one rushing touchdown.