Nico Iamaleava injury update: Tennessee QB's status revealed on Thursday injury report vs. Georgia

The Georgia Bulldogs are getting ready to host the Tennessee Volunteers in a game that has implications both on the SEC Championship race and the College Football Playoff. It’s also a game that injuries could end up playing a massive role in.

One of the biggest points of concern has been Tennessee starting quarterback Nico Iamaleava. He has been in concussion protocol since leaving the Volunteers’ game against Mississippi State early. He was initially listed as questionable on the Wednesday injury report. However, as the week goes on, more clarity is expected there.

You can view the full Thursday injury reports for both Tennessee and Georgia, here:

Georgia Bulldogs

• RB Roderick Robinson II – Out
• RB Trevor Etienne – Out
• RB Branson Robinson – Out
• DL Joseph Jonah-Ajonye – Out
• WR Anthony Evans – Questionable
• RB Cash Jones – Questionable
• OL Micah Morris – Questionable

Tennessee Volunteers

• DB Jourdan Thomas – Out
• LB Keenan Pili – Out
• LB Edwin Spillman – Out
• RB DeSean Bishop – Out
• WR Dont’e Thornton – Questionable
• QB Nico Iamaleava – Questionable
• OL Vysen Lang – Questionable

During the SEC teleconference on Wednesday, Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel was asked about his starting quarterback. Ultimately, he was coy, but he did share some news about Nico Iamaleava.

“Nico has been good here in the early part of the week,” Josh Heupel said. “And at this point in the week, I’ll refer everybody to the availability report that comes out later tonight. Everybody can wait with anticipation for that.”

That update, and Iamaleava ultimately being listed as questionable on Wednesday, came after FOX Sports’ Chris “The Bear” Fallica speculated that Iamaleava wouldn’t be able to play against Georgia this week.

For Georgia, the running back position is likely the biggest point of concern. Roderick Robinson and Branson Robinson are already out for the game. Then, on the Wednesday injury report, Trevor Etienne and Cash Jones were both listed as questionable. So, more of the workload will likely land on freshman Nate Frazier.

Along with those two running backs, defensive lineman Joseph Jonah-Ajonye has also been ruled out for the Bulldogs.

On Tennessee’s side, two linebackers, Keenan Pili and Edwin Spillman, were already ruled out for the game. Defensive back Jourdan Thomas and running back DeSean Bishop were both already ruled out of the game for the Volunteers as well.

From here, there will be more injury reports revealed ahead of the game, which should give a little bit more insight as the week continues. The next of those will come out on Friday at around 8:00 p.m. EST. There will also be another that comes out on Saturday ahead of the game.

Kickoff for the game between Tennessee and Georgia is set at 7:30 p.m. EST. ESPN’s College GameDay will be in Athens for the game.