South Alabama running back Damean Bivins will miss the 2022 season due to a neck/shoulder problem, head coach Kane Wommack said Monday. Bivins, a redshirt sophomore from Pace, Fla., has not practiced with the Jaguars since preseason camp opened Aug. 5. Wommack said Bivins' condition surfaced when doctors were examining him for a shoulder injury suffered at the end of spring practice. "As we were looking at his shoulder, we saw something that was concerning in his shoulder/neck area," Wommack said. "He's likely going to require a surgery, which will put him out for the season."Bivins, the Florida Class 6A Player of the Year as a senior at Pace High School, has been troubled by injuries since arriving at South Alabama in the fall of 2019. He appeared in three games for the Jaguars as true freshman, rushing for 17 yards on three carries while retaining his redshirt. The 6-foot, 210-pound Bivins broke his foot during a preseason scrimmage in 2020, which caused him to miss all of that season. He re-injured the foot during an offseason workout and needed another round of surgery, which kept him all of 2021 as well. - Birmingham News