KNOXVILLE – The hits keep on coming for the Tennessee football team.
Starting strong safety Brent Brewer’s season is over after the sophomore tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during the third quarter of the Volunteers’ 14-3 loss to South Carolina on Saturday night.
“Tough, tough month we’ve had,” coach Derek Dooley said at his weekly news conference on Monday.
Freshman Brian Randolph, who’s started the last two games at free safety, will slide to Brewer’s spot. Prentiss Waggner, who’s started games at free safety and cornerback this season, goes back to free safety. Marsalis Teague and Justin Coleman are bracketed at Waggner’s vacant cornerback spot.
Randolph has not played any strong safety, Dooley said, and the Vols prefer Waggner at cornerback, where he made an interception against South Carolina.