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Volunteers Reveal Injury Status Leading Into NC State Matchup…..Wounded but Unyielding, Tennessee’s Road to Victory Clouds with Injury Uncertainty
The Tennessee Volunteers got their season off to a great start in week one as they handled Chattanooga. Quarterback Nico Iamaleava was everything that he was advertised to be and the team as a whole was clicking on all cylinders. Now the Volunteers are faced with their first P4 opponent of the season against NC State, but the odds are looking to be Tennessee’s favorite.
However, Tennessee is dealing with some injuries ahead of Saturday’s matchup, so here is a run down of names on the injury report and their status ahead of the game against NC State:
Tennessee Volunteers Injury Report:
Jourdan Thomas, DB (OUT): Suffered a season ending injury during fall camp
Emmanuel Okoye, DL (OUT): It was announced earlier this week that Okoye would have to miss the reaminder of the 2024 season due to injury
Rickey Gibson (Probable): Gibson missed last weekend’s game due to a slight hamstring injury but it sounds like he is going to be good to go for Saturday.
According to DraftKings, the Volunteers are a 10-point favorite going into this matchup. The line opened at 5.5 in favor of Tennessee but has since increased. NC State struggled a bit with Western Carolina in week one, so that might have to do with the movement on the line.
The two teams are playing at a neutral site at Bank of America Stadium for the Duke’ Mayo Classic. They have played one another a total of three times in the program’s history and Tennessee owns two of the matchups. The most recent game was in 2012 when Tennessee defeated NC State by a final score of 35-21.
