Tennessee football’s SEC opener against Oklahoma is less than 24 hours away as the Vols look to earn a marquee road victory ahead of its first open date of the season.
For the first time ever, the SEC passed a rule this year forcing teams to release official availability, or injury, reports each week that they play a conference game. With Tennessee playing its SEC opener on Saturday night at Oklahoma, this week is the first week that Josh Heupel has had to release an official availability report.
The Friday night availability report is the third of four this week with the final and official availability report coming out 90 minutes before kickoff in Norman. Check out all the SEC availability reports here.
PROBABLE
– STAR William Wright
– Linebacker Ben Bolton
– Offensive guard William Satterwhite
Tennessee Notes
There’s just one change on Tennessee’s availability report from the last two days with the Vols officially ruling out starting left tackle Lance Heard.
The Vols are thin on the offensive line, especially at offensive tackle, and starting right tackle John Campbell Jr. has yet to play a full game this season. Heard missed last week’s game against Kent State. Expect super senior Dayne Davis to start in his place.
Oklahoma Availability Report
OUT
– WR Jayden Gibson
– WR Jalil Farooq
– DB Gentry Williams
– OL Geirean Hatchett
– LB Dasan McCollough
QUESTIONABLE
– OL Branson Hickman
– OL Jake Taylor
PROBABLE
– TE Kade McIntyre
– WR Nic Anderson
– WR Andrel Anthony
– DB Kendel Dolby
– OL Troy Everett
Oklahoma Notes
There are just two changes to Oklahoma’s Friday availability report. Linebacker Dasan McCollough is officially out while tight end Kade McIntyre is now probable after being questionable earlier this week.
Nic Anderson, Kendel Dolby and Troy Everett are all starters who have missed games this season. Anderson is the Sooners leading returning receiver from a season ago but has yet to play this season while Everett is the starting center who has yet to play this season.
Dolby is a starting safety who played the first two games of the season but missed last week’s game against Tulane. We wrote in detail about the trio and what their probable return to the field means for Oklahoma here.
