Texas A&M's initial injury report provides faintest of hopes for Le'Veon Moss

Texas A&M football has been without star running back Le'Veon Moss for the better part of the year after he suffered an ankle injury against the Florida Gators. Moss has been out since that October 11 game against UF, but the Aggies have forged ahead with Rueben Owens and Jamarion Morrow, as well as a smattering of EJ Smith carries.

However, headed into their rivalry matchup with the Texas Longhorns, Texas A&M fans want to have their team at full strength if possible. This is a team that is clearly highly motivated, but having Moss in the fold is a big piece of this squad being at maximum efficiency.

Mike Elko delivered a gut punch to the fan base in Monday's presser when he said that Moss would "probably not" be available— something many took as tantamount to a denial that Le'Veon would play. However, with the first availability report now published for this game, it looks like there's maybe more hope than some have thought.

Le'Veon Moss listed as doubtful for Lone Star Showdown, providing faintest of hopes for Aggie fans

Moss was listed alongside Scooby Williams as doubtful, which means a roughly 25% chance that the player will be available. That's obviously much better than 0, but it's not what Aggie fans wanted to see.

Safeties Bryce Anderson and Rashad Johnson were both listed as out as well. Texas will be missing Ty'Anthony Smith for the first half following a targeting penalty against Arkansas, and linebacker Anthony Hill is listed as questionable.

Texas A&M will have a tough test against this rush defense, but they've found a lot of success against better units. Having Moss would be a huge boost, but it's not imperative— especially with some of the goals that this Aggie team has for the postseason.

Hopefully, we see this begin to trend in a positive direction as the future reports come out. Texas A&M fans will no doubt be keeping a very close eye to see how his status progresses— or regresses.