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Florida Gators get 3 players cleared on Thursday availability report

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Florida OL Austin Barber. (Mallory Peak/UAA Photo)

The Florida Gators issued their updated availability report Thursday night along with Tennessee. It’s the second of four injury reports that will be released before the Gators (3-7, 2-5 SEC) face the No. 20 Volunteers (7-3, 3-3 SEC) on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. on ABC.

The Gators had three players cleared on Thursday: starting left tackle Austin Barber and starting tight end Tony Livingston, both of whom were probable on Wednesday, along with backup quarterback Tramell Jones Jr. after being questionable initially this week.

Florida still has two starters listed as questionable in starting wide receiver Vernell Brown III and starting safety Bryce Thornton. Brown III, UF’s leading WR this season, has missed two of the last three games with a shoulder injury.

Florida defensive lineman and preseason All-SEC selection Caleb Banks is set to make his return and has been removed from the injury report, while the Gators have six new additions this week, including nose tackle Michai Boireau and EDGE George Gumbs Jr. both of whom are out.

It will be Banks’ first time playing since the LSU game, when he made his season debut and reinjured his foot, which required surgery. Banks was listed as doubtful last week and upgraded to a game time decision for the Ole Miss game.

Boireau and Gumbs are two of 12 Florida players out against Tennessee, along with wide receivers Eugene Wilson III and Dallas Wilson, running back Ja’Kobi Jackson, offensive lineman Roderick Kearney, EDGE LJ McCray, linebacker Ty Jackson, and defensive backs Aaron Gates and Dijon Johnson, Michael Caraway Jr. and Javion Toombs.

The Vols have five players out and two listed as questionable.

Florida Gators availability report

PlayerPositionStatus
Vernell Brown IIIWRQuestionable
Bryce ThorntonDBQuestionable
Michai BoireauDLOut
George Gumbs Jr.EDGEOut
Eugene Wilson IIIWROut
Dallas WilsonWROut
Roderick KearneyOLOut
Ty JacksonLBOut
Micheal Caraway Jr.DBOut
Ja’Kobi JacksonRBOut
Aaron GatesDBOut
Dijon JohnsonDBOut
LJ McCrayEDGEOut
Javion TombsDBOut

Tennessee Volunteers availability report

PlayerPositionStatus
Peyton LewisRBQuestionable
Wendell Moe Jr.OLQuestionable
Joakim DodsonWROut
Miles Kitselman TEOut
Rickey Gibson IIIDBOut
Jermod McCoyDBOut
Sidney WaltonDBOut

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