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Michael Hughes and Malachi Wrice are week-to-week with lower-body injuries ahead of Duquesne, reducing Washington State's defensive-end depth. Matyus McLain and Linus Zunk remain the top pair; the report does not give either injured reserve a return date.

McLain and Zunk have each played 89 of WSU's 143 defensive snaps, with identical counts in both games. The reporter interprets that pattern as a preference to use them together and rotate the reserves together. That makes the depleted second group important, but the paired-rotation explanation is an inference, not an announced coaching rule.

Fernando Lecuona entered the rotation at Kansas State for all 20 of his season snaps. Ben Beatty and Eduwa Okundaye are projected as the leading backups behind McLain and Zunk; Okundaye also appears in five-man fronts that replace a nickel defender with an extra pressure player.

Keeping a six-man end rotation would require another contributor beyond Lecuona replacing one of the injured reserves. The article identifies Luke Webb and Jack Procter as possible depth options, and discusses packages with former edge player DJ Warner. These are reporter-proposed solutions, not confirmed position moves or snap assignments.