SEC Week 8 Injury Report: Alabama and Tennessee dealing with key absences

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By Chris Marler

Wednesday’s availability report for this Saturday’s SEC matchups has been released. It will be updated once again on Thursday and then a final time Friday evening. Here’s a look at the report submitted by each team.

LSU at Vanderbilt

LSU

OUT

DE #19 Gabriel Reliford

DOUBTFUL

DL #88 Bernard Gooden

QUESTIONABLE

DE #12 Jimari Butler
LB #40 Whit Weeks

PROBABLE

WR #1 Aaron Anderson
OL #65 Paul Mubenga

Vanderbilt

OUT

QB #7 Drew Dickey
RB #13 Chase Gillespie
DB #33 Vanzale Hinton
LB #40 Jamison Curtis

DOUBTFUL

CB #0 Marlon Jones
DL #5 Yilanan Ouattara
S #39 Brail Lipford

QUESTIONABLE

DL #93 Nikhil Jefferson
DL #95 Linus Zunk

PROBABLE

LB #10 Langston Patterson

The biggest surprise from an injury standpoint is that Whit Weeks is questionable. There are still two days left, but last week Aaron Anderson was the only player with that same designation from the LSU side, and he did not play against South Carolina.

Oklahoma at South Carolina

Oklahoma

OUT

OL #52 Troy Everett
OL #76 Jacob Sexton
OL #79 Jake Taylor

DOUBTFUL

WR #9 Keontez Lewis
TE #19 Kade McIntyre
OL #71 Logan Howland

QUESTIONABLE

RB #2 Jovantae Barnes

South Carolina

DOUBTFUL

OL #62 Nolan Hay
OL #72 Shedrick Sarratt Jr.
OL #75 Cason Henry

QUESTIONABLE

OL #58 Markee Anderson
DL #99 Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy

PROBABLE

DB #15 Brandon Cisse

It looks like Brandon Cisse should be good to go against Oklahoma, which is a big boost to the Gamecock secondary. He was in street clothes for the second half of last week’s game against LSU. The downside is that this offensive life could be without four starters against one of the best defensive fronts in America.

Ole Miss at Georgia

Ole Miss

QUESTIONABLE

RB #22 Logan Diggs
S #31 Ladarian Clardy
WR #88 Devin Price

Georgia

OUT

TE #9 Ethan Barbour
WR #11 Talyn Taylor
DB #31 Kyron Jones
OL #51 Malachi Toliver
WR #88 Thomas Blackshear

PROBABLE

OL #71 Earnest Greene III
OL #73 Juan Gaston

Georgia got some good news with two offensive lineman being potentially ready to go against Ole Miss. The bad news: they’re going against an Ole Miss team that has been one of the healthiest in the conference all year.

Texas A&M at Arkansas

Texas A&M

OUT

RB #8 Le’Veon Moss

QUESTIONABLE

TE #21 Kiotti Armstrong

Arkansas

OUT

DB #8 Quentavius Scandrett
WR #11 Monte Harrison
WR #16 Ismael Cisse
WR #17 Jalen Brown
RB #20 AJ Green
TE #33 Jeremiah Beck Jr.
TE #81 Andreas Paaske
DL #88 Danny Saili
DL #92 David Oke

Texas A&M will most likely be without running back Le’Veon Moss. The loss should be minimal this week with the Aggies facing the most porous defense in the conference.

Mississippi State at Florida

Mississippi State

OUT

RB #24 Fluff Bothwell
DL #43 Will Whitson
OL #53 Brennan Smith
OL #54 Blake Steen

QUESTIONABLE

S #2 Isaac Smith
OL #76 Albert Reese IV

Florida

OUT

RB #5 Treyaun Webb
EDG #11 LJ McCray
DB #13 Aaron Gates
RB #20 Duke Clark
DB #27 Dijon Johnson
DL #88 Caleb Banks

QUESTIONABLE

DB #14 Jordan Castell
RB #24 Ja’Kobi Jackson
DB #25 Cormani McClain
DL #33 Brien Taylor Jr.
OL #57 Devon Manuel
TE #86 Tony Livingston

Mississippi State has become one of the trendiest upset picks of the weekend, especially with the news of Billy Napier potentially being fired win or lose this weekend. However, being without Fluff Bothwell is a blow to an offense that’s coming off a bye week and looking for their first SEC win in 724 days.

Texas at Kentucky

Texas

OUT

WR #14 Aaron Butler
LB #37 Jonathan Cunningham
OL #54 Cole Hutson

DOUBTFUL

RB #4 CJ Baxter

QUESTIONABLE

DB #17 Xavier Filsaime
OL #79 Connor Stroh
DL #98 Maraad Watson

Kentucky

OUT

RB #10 Jamarion Wilcox
OLB #16 Jacob Smith
DB #21 Nasir Addison
ILB #32 Devin Smith
DL #55 Nic Smith
WR #82 David Washington Jr.
TE #85 Elijah Brown

QUESTIONABLE

WR #0 Troy Stellato
OL #53 Aba Selm

PROBABLE

DB #24 Jaden Smith

Tennessee at Alabama

Tennessee

OUT

DB #1 Rickey Gibson III
WR #1 Travis Smith Jr.
DB #3 Jermod McCoy
WR #5 Radarious Jackson

OUT – 1ST HALF

LB #13 Edwin Spillman

QUESTIONABLE

TE #0 Ethan Davis

PROBABLE

RB #18 DeSean Bishop

Alabama

OUT

LB #4 Qua Russaw
LB #20 Jah-Marien Latham
LB #30 Cayden Jones
WR #30 Derek Meadows
DL #92 Jeremiah Beaman

QUESTIONABLE

WR #3 Jaylen Mbakwe
RB #26 Jam Miller

The biggest news out of this report is that Tennessee will once again be without their preseason projected starters at cornerback in Rickey Gibson III and Jermod McCoy.

The assumption was that both would be ready by this game since neither has played a snap all season. From the Alabama side, very few thought Derek Meadows would play after the devastating hit he took in the first half against Missouri. However, starting running back Jam Miller being listed as questionable after suffering what was thought to be a concussion is good news for the Crimson Tide.