If I had to take a guess, he'd be out to the Florida game so he'd miss the first four games of the season. The good news is that all of those should be wins except for Wake which is anyones guess (though we'll be the underdogs in Winston Salem). The official website has a press release up about him now saying six to eight weeks though.

I really believe that we will be ok with Kentrell Lockett starting in Hardy's place. I think he's equal in talent but the presence will be lacking. The bigger problem though is that former starting end Marcus Tillman has moved down to DT due to the Laurent injury so DE is really thin now with just Lockett, Stephens, and Armour. However, maybe we will get to see big 6'8" Jermey Parnell of the basketball team getting some on the field reps.