Tennessee Football issues first injury report for Arkansas game

Tennessee Football on Wednesday night issued its first SEC Injury Report for Saturday’s game against Arkansas. Kickoff between the Vols (4-1, 1-1 SEC) and Razorbacks (2-3, 0-1) is scheduled for 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time on SEC Network.

Vols got Jaxson Moi, David Sanders back from injury at Miss. State

Daevin Hobbs was not listed on Wednesday’s injury report. The junior defensive lineman been sidelined since suffering a foot injury late in fall camp.

“Daevin had a great offseason and was playing extremely well during the course of training camp,” Tennessee coach Josh Heupel said on Wednesday. “Unfortunate (injury), but those things happen in this game. (He’s) done a great job in the rehab process.”

Both Arkansas and Tennessee are coming off bye weeks. The Vols won 41-34 in overtime at Mississippi State before the open date, removing freshman offensive tackle David Sanders Jr. and senior defensive lineman Jaxson Moi off the injury report. Moi played 44 snaps in his return at Mississippi State and Sanders played 11 off the bench.

Sanders had been out since suffering an upper-body injury in practice on August 27, three days before the 45-26 win over Syracuse in Atlanta to open the season. Moi was lost with an arm injury in the first half against Syracuse.

What Josh Heupel said this week about Jermod McCoy

The timetable for return for cornerback Jermod McCoy remains unclear. He suffered a torn ACL during offseason training in January.

“Jermod continues to do a great job in his rehab with our medical staff, our strength staff,” Heupel said on Monday. “Somebody told me there was a report out there of a certain ball game that he’s focused in on as far as returning.

“I think that’s unfair. Whoever put that out there, I don’t think truly understands Jermod and the situation. He’s done a really good job. He’s got more to go.”

Tennessee corner Rickey Gibson III has also been out since suffering an upper-body injury in the first half against Syracuse, with Colorado transfer Colton Hood and freshman Ty Redmond replacing Gibson and McCoy at corner.

McCoy returned to the practice field to do individual work during fall camp, but as of Monday had yet to take part in team activities in practice.

“I think it’s all about him being prepared to go play,” Heupel said. “There’s a lot of things that go into that. You look at the position he plays, all the reactionary work that you have to have in so you’re always balancing his ability to be prepared and short-term, long-term health as well.”

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