Martavious Odoms out for Purdue game

By Dave Birkett AnnArbor.com

Posted on Thu, Nov 5, 2009 : 7:05 p.m.

Wide receiver Martavious Odoms will miss Michigan's game Saturday against Purdue.

Odoms sprained his knee in Michigan's loss to Penn State two weeks ago and did not play last week against Illinois. He leads Michigan with 22 catches and 272 yards receiving.

Roy Roundtree is expected to start in Odoms' place.

Backup defensive tackle Greg Banks was listed as questionable on Michigan's official injury report released Thursday. Running backs Brandon Minor (high ankle sprain) and Carlos Brown (knee tendinitis) were not listed.

Michigan also announced its game captains for Saturday: linebacker Stevie Brown, defensive end Tim North, left tackle Mark Ortmann and slot receiver Ricky Reyes.

The Wolverines (5-4, 1-4) need one win to become bowl eligible with three games to play.

Purdue is 3-6, 2-3.

Tags: Martavious Odoms, Rich Rodriguez

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Dave Birkett covers University of Michigan football for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached by phone at 734-623-2552 or by e-mail at davidbirkett@annarbor.com. Follow him on Twitter @davebirkett.