RB Washington heads N.C. State injury list

James Washington, who began the preseason as the No. 2 running back, leads the N.C. State injury report, which was released this morning.

Washington has a hamstring injury and is out for Saturday's 6 p.m. game with Western Carolina. During the preseason, redshirt freshman Dean Haynes and freshman Mustafa Greene moved ahead of Washington and Curtis Underwood (who's now the No. 3 running back) on N.C. State's depth chart.

Here is N.C. State's complete injury list. The players with asterisks next to their names are out for the season:

Brandon Barnes, RB - ankle
Jarvis Byrd, CB - knee
Sylvester Crawford, DE - hip
R.J. Mattes, OG - knee
Quinton Payton, WR - finger
Jay Smith, WR - groin
James Washington, HB - hamstring
*Jesse Riley, DB - knee
*Rashard Smith, DB - knee

Ken Tysiac