Nico Iamaleava injury update: Tennessee football QB remains questionable vs Georgia

Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava remains questionable for the Georgia game on Saturday.

Iamaleava, who is in concussion protocol, was listed as questionable on the initial SEC student-athlete availability report on Wednesday. And he was listed as questionable on the updated report on Thursday.

It will be updated again on Friday and 90 minutes before kickoff on Saturday.

No. 7 Tennessee (8-1, 5-1 SEC) plays No. 12 Georgia (7-2, 5-2) on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC) at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia.

On Tuesday, a source with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed to Knox News that Iamaleava is in concussion protocol, but he has practiced with the team. The source requested anonymity because no official announcement had been made at the time.

Here’s the SEC student-athlete availability report for Tennessee and Georgia players.

Tennessee injury report

DB Jourdan Thomas (out)

LB Keenan Pili (out)

LB Edwin Spillman (out)

RB DeSean Bishop (out)

QB Nico Iamaleava (questionable)

OL Vysen Lang (questionable)

WR Dont’e Thornton (questionable)

Georgia injury report

RB Roderick Robinson (out)

RB Branson Robinson (out)

DL Joseph Jonah-Ajonye (out)

RB Trevor Etienne (out)

WR Anthony Evans (questionable)

RB Cash Jones (questionable)

OL Micah Morris (questionable)

How SEC availability report works

The SEC student-athlete availability report was introduced this season for conference games only.

The initial report is released on Wednesday night of an SEC game week with daily updates leading to a final report 90 minutes prior to kickoff of a Saturday game.

Prior to game day, players are designated by their school as available, probable, questionable, doubtful or out for the upcoming game. On game day, they are designated as available, game-time decision or out.

Here’s what those designations mean:

• Out: Will not play, 0% chance to…


Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/nico-iamaleava-injury-tennessee-football-011626178.html

Author : Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel

Publish date : 2024-11-15 01:16:26

Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Check Also

Now that Gus Malzahn has bailed out, will UCF fans be patient with next coach? | Commentary

Gus Malzahn just gave UCF’s administration and its fan base the best early Christmas present …