Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Scott Satterfield speaks to the referees in the fourth quarter of the NCAA football game between the Cincinnati Bearcats and Bowling Green Falcons at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati on Sept. 6, 2025. Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Scott Satterfield Provides Latest Update on Bearcats Football Injuries Entering Big 12 Play

Originally posted on Cincinnati Bearcats on SI
By Russell Heltman | Last updated Sep 23, 2025 12:18 PM ET

Scott Satterfield and the Bearcats football team are back at it this week with their first Big 12 matchup of the season against Kansas.

The road matchup may or may not see star defensive tackle Dontay Corleone return to the field after missing the Week 3 game against Northwestern State. Satterfield noted he made more progress with his ankle injury over the bye week.

"Dontay is making great progress," Satterfield said about his star player. "He'll be listed as questionable as we come ou tomorrow with the injury report. But he's making great progress. And obviously we'll see as the week goes and see how, how he's progressing."

Cincinnati is also hoping to get linebacker Jack Dingle back after he missed the NWSU win as well. He was more of a precautious holdout.

UC football is a road betting underdog this week as they try to make noise in a completely wide-open conference.

"This is going to be a fundamental game for us," Satterfield said about containing the KU offense. "And that's part of being fundamentally sound, is your eye discipline. But also tackling. I think tackling is going to be huge. Sitting at home watching them and they're running back, making guys miss. So tackling is going to be a big emphasis for us this week, for sure, because even Daniels is hard to tackle at quarterback. I mean, he's another big, strong guy. Have to be able to tackle."

The game kicks off at noon ET on Saturday, and fans can watch on TNT and HBO Max.