Josh Heupel shares latest on Cedric Tillman, Kamal Hadden injuries

Tennessee football sustained multiple injuries to veteran playmakers over the last few weeks. However, both Cedric Tillman and Kamal Hadden could be good enough to go the next time the Vols take the field here this coming weekend against Tennessee-Martin.

Volunteer head coach Josh Heupel gave updates on both guys after some practices this week. He was optimistic about the returns by both guys in the coming weeks and likes the progress they’ve made so far.

Here was Heupel officially on Tillman and Hadden:

“We’ll find out on the injured guys here at the back end of the week. You know, I feel like they’re both progressing. Cedric has had a good week. But we’ll see where we’re at tomorrow afternoon, make a decision, determination at that point. Kamal’s process is still going on. We’ll see where we’re at here at the end of the week.”

So a non-update update from Coach Josh Heupel. The recoveries of both Tillman and Hadden are on the right track, just maybe not quite at the finish line yet.

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For background, Cedric Tillman, the fifth-year senior, missed three of Tennessee’s first six games, including all of the team’s league games to date. And really, he only played the full contest in two of the games after leaving the win over Akron early. While the Volunteer offense seemingly hasn’t missed a beat without him in the lineup, the super-senior’s return will be a wanted one. He was a 1,000-yard receiver a season ago and racked up 246 through 2.5 games this season.

On the other hand, Kamal Hadden was one of the top tacklers for Tennessee before going down. The junior defensive back recorded 27 takedowns and two interceptions in his five games played. Assuming he does get back and the injury clears up quick, he could be right back on track for what was going to be a terrific season.