Tennessee Football releases first injury report for Mississippi State game
Tennessee and Mississippi State released their first injury reports of the week on Wednesday night. For the Vols, running back Desean Bishop is out and defensive lineman Tyre West is questionable.
No. 7 Tennessee (7-1, 4-1 SEC) and Mississippi State (2-7, 0-5) are scheduled Saturday for a 7 p.m. Eastern Time start on ESPN at Neyland Stadium.
Bishop was hurt after playing three snaps against Kentucky Saturday in Tennessee 28-18 win. He’s the second leading rusher for the Vols this season with 379 yards on 54 carries, scoring three touchdowns.
West has 12.0 tackles this season, including 4.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks.
Tennessee Injury Report: Wednesday
| Player | Position | Status |
| Keenan Pili | LB | Out |
| Jourdan Thomas | DB | Out |
| Edwin Spillman | LB | Out |
| Desean Bishop | RB | Out |
| Tyre West | DL | Questionable |
Injury reports for both Tennessee and Mississippi State will be updated against Thursday and Friday night, then one final time approximately 90 minutes before kickoff on Saturday.
Tennessee’s pregame injury report last week listed only linebackers Keenan Pili and Edwin Spillman and defensive back Jourdan Thomas as out.
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Freshman offensive lineman William Satterwhite and sophomore defensive lineman Caleb Herring were on the injury report through the week, before being removed later on.
SEC Injury Reports
The SEC in August announced “availability reports” for football, basketball and baseball.
“This availability reporting policy is intended to reduce pressure from outside entities seeking participation information,” said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, “and represents a commitment of our 16 institutions to provide enhanced transparency to support efforts to protect our student-athletes and the integrity of competition.”
Players will be listed as available, probable, questionable, doubtful or out for their next game. On game day the updates will include available, game-time decision or out.
Schools of who fail to provide accurate and timely availability reports will be subject to penalties from $25,000, for first-time offenders, to $100,000 for “third and further” offenses in football. Men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball fines will be between $15,000 and $25,000.
