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Tennessee will be missing 2 impact players Saturday, per report
By Dave Hooker
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Tennessee’s running game will have to beat Pittsburgh without some key cogs in its running game, according to a report by 247 Sports.
The Vols will take on the Panthers in The Johnny Majors Classic without running back Tiyon Evans and center Cooper Mays. Evans was the primary ball carrier in Tennessee’s 38-3 win against Bowling Green last week. The junior carried the ball 16 times for 120 yards and a touchdown. Mays was expected to be the starter at center against Pitt.
NEWS: Tennessee officially will be without both RB Tiyon Evans & starting center Cooper Mays against Pitt.
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— Patrick Brown (@pbrown247) September 11, 2021
Per the report, no reason was given for Evans injury. Mays is out with an ankle injury suffered in last week’s game.
Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel spent much of his media availability time this week dodging injury questions. Now, it seems evident why he was so evasive.
The Tennessee-Pitt game is called The Johnny Majors Classic because the former UT football player coached at both schools. Majors led Pitt to a national title and UT to three SEC championships.
Dave Hooker started covering Tennessee in 1998. He hosts an SEC radio show out of Chattanooga and covers the SEC for Saturday Down South.
