Taylen Green injury update: Arkansas QB heads to locker room in 4th quarter vs. Tennessee

In the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game against Tennessee, Arkansas QB Taylen Green took a major hit and suffered a left knee injury. He tried to come back in the game, but later headed to the locker room.

ABC’s Holly Rowe reported Green was not likely to return despite re-entering the game at one point. That means it will likely be Malachi Singleton’s show the rest of the way as Arkansas looks to keep the Tennessee offense at bay.

“Arkansas quarterback Taylen Green has just come out of the injury tent,” Rowe said on the ABC broadcast. “He came down the offensive line, to all of the players and said, ‘Go finish this.’ They have taken him back to the locker room with that left knee injury. It does not look like he’ll return.”

Green previously left the game, but was standing on the sidelines with his helmet on, apparently ready to go back out. But as Arkansas kicked a field goal to end the drive, he didn’t return – instead coming back on the ensuing possession.

Green is in his first year at Arkansas after transferring from Boise State. He has become the centerpiece of Bobby Petrino’s offense in Fayetteville, entering Saturday with 1,236 passing yards and five touchdowns while adding 331 rushing yards and four touchdowns. That comes after three years at Boise State, where he spent two years as the starter and threw for 3,794 yards.

At the time of his departure, Green completed 19 of 27 passes for 266 yards for Arkansas. After he was ruled out for the game, Singleton took over – and it was off to the races from there.

Singleton played a key role in the final stretch. Arkansas marched down the field in the fourth quarter and scored the go-ahead touchdown with more than a minute left to play. Tennessee had time for one final drive, but Nico Iamaleava ran out of bounds as time expired, giving the Razorbacks the 19-14 upset victory.

It was the second Top-5 upset in the SEC on Saturday. The biggest, though, came in Nashville where Vanderbilt stunned No. 1 Alabama – setting the table for what turned out to be one of the craziest nights of the season.