Per head coach Derek Mason, Vanderbilt announced Thursday it’ll be without Andrew Jelks and Shawn Stankavage for the entire 2016 season.

In a fluky (and disappointing) turn of events, both athletes sat out all of last year with similar injuries. Stankavage — Vanderbilt’s third-string signal-caller — sat out 2015 with a leg injury. A knee injury will rob him of this upcoming year.

It’s a similar story for Jelks. Projected to be Vanderbilt’s best offensive lineman, the fifth-year senior also will be sidelined due to a knee problem. The loss of Jelks is massive on a number of levels. The preseason all-conference pick played at left tackle in the past, and was slated to perhaps play inside at guard position this year.

As such, it’ll be an unfortunate ‘next man up’ scenario for Mason’s squad.