SEC Week 9 Injury Report, Oct. 22: South Carolina finally healthy

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By Chris Marler

The initial Week 8 availability reports are out for every SEC matchup this weekend. With only two teams on bye weeks (Florida and Georgia), we’ll get seven conference matchups to close out the final weekend of October.

Here are the initial reports released on Wednesday.

Ole Miss at Oklahoma

Auburn at Arkansas

Auburn will be without two team captains for their trip to Fayetteville this Saturday. Preseason All-SEC Center Connor Lew is out. As is RB Damari Alston who is no longer with the team. The Tigers may have some depth issues at that position with Durrell Robinson also ruled out for Saturday.

Alabama at South Carolina

This is the healthiest South Carolina has been in weeks with only one player ruled out, which happens to be their best offensive lineman Cason Henry. The good news is that he’s the only offensive lineman currently out for Saturday’s game. The Gamecocks have played without three starters on the OL for their last two games.

Missouri at Vanderbilt

Texas at Mississippi State

Texas will be without All-SEC safety Michael Taaffe, but the Longhorns got some good news with RB CJ Baxter listed as probable.

Texas A&M at LSU

Hunt Palmer gives a full breakdown of the LSU-Texas A&M report here.

Tennessee at Kentucky

Tennessee will be without their starting cornerbacks Rickey Gibson III and Jermod McCoy for the eighth consecutive game. Kentucky is, by far, the most injury riddled team in the league this week with 14 players listed in their report, including seven players out.