KNOXVILLE — Tennessee will have to cope without one of its best and most important defensive players for an unclear amount of time.
Defensive end/linebacker Curt Maggitt is out indefinitely with a hip injury suffered in the first half of Saturday’s loss to Oklahoma, and Volunteers coach Butch Jones said Monday that Maggitt could miss “an extended period of time.”
Maggitt suffered the injury in the second quarter against the Sooners and didn’t return.
“I still don’t know the extent of how long it will be,” Jones said. “He’s in the process right now of going through the evaluation process. I should know a little bit more probably by the end of the week.
Curt Maggitt (56) plays defense for the Volunteers. The Tennessee Volunteers hosted the Bowling Green Falcons at Nissan Stadium in Nashville Sept. 5, 2015.“He will be out for an indefinite period of time.”