Would be a big change.
A big, NFL-style change could be coming to the Southeastern Conference as soon as this season, according to a report from CBS Sports. Mandatory injury reports could arrive just in time for the 2024 season, assuming all goes well at an upcoming league athletic directors meeting.
Reporting with @JTalty : SEC moving toward adopting mandatory injury reports in time for 2024 college football season https://t.co/fXQNyCw79Y
— Alex Scarborough (@ByScarborough) August 6, 2024
The Big Ten made the move last season in response to a major uptick in gambling surrounding the sport. Programs were forced to designate players as either questionable or out in their weekly reports.
Very few schools outside of the Big Ten release injury reports. Most, in fact, go out of their way to be vague about injury situations, simply because they can. Josh Heupel falls into that category, as did previous head coach Jeremy Pruitt. That all could change in just a few weeks, when Tennessee opens the season against Chattanooga.
Tennessee has already lost one player for the season — Jourdan Thomas to a knee injury. However, we’ve been monitoring several situations through camp reports with certain players in non-contact jerseys. Passing this rule certainly would take some guesswork out of the equation, both for us as fans and opponents.
Look for the official news to come out in a couple of weeks.