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Nico Iamaleava out for remainder of Mississippi State game due to injury
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Nico Iamaleava will not return to Tennessee’s game against Mississippi State on Saturday night due to an upper body injury, according to multiple reports.
Iamaleava appeared to take a hard hit to the shoulder while running the ball during the second quarter. Per the ESPN broadcast, this is the play that Iamaleava got hurt on:
ESPN reported this was the play Nico Iamaleava was injured on, according to what the broadcast team was told by Tennessee trainers.
Just before the Max Gilbert kicked a 24-yard field goal.
Iamaleava stayed in the game on the next drive.
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Iamaleava was able to stay in the game for Tennessee’s next drive, but was pulled at the half. Gaston Moore is set to play quarterback for the remainder of this game.
It’s highly-unfortunate for Tennessee, as Iamaleava was having one of his best games of the season before going down. He threw for 174 yards and 2 touchdowns on just 13 pass attempts in the first half.
However, the Vols appear to have this game under control, so it makes sense that they wouldn’t want to risk further injury to Iamaleava’s shoulder. Tennessee took a 20-7 lead into the halftime break in Knoxville on Saturday night.
Tennessee is set to face Georgia in a pivotal game next weekend in Athens.
Spenser is a news editor for Saturday Down South and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.
