No.12 Tennessee plays host to Arkansas on Saturday afternoon in Knoxville. The Vols will look for revenge following last year’s road upset in Fayetteville. Ahead of the SEC clash, both teams have released their initial injury report. Volquest takes a look at Arkansas’ first availability report.

Bobby Petrino has not said much about the Hogs’ injury situation this week, but the interim head coach has said he likes where the team is ahead of the trip to Knoxville.

“I think our players are excited about the challenge that we have ahead of us. We’re going in to play a very good football team in Tennessee in all three phases in front of a hostile environment. So it presents quite a challenge. But our players have had great. We’ve worked extremely hard coming off of bye week. I feel good about where we’re at and we’re just looking forward to going in there and playing good football.”

Player	Position	Status
Quentavius Scandrett	DB	OUT
Monte Harrison	WR	OUT
Ismael Cisse	WR	OUT
Jalen Brown	WR	OUT
AJ Green	RB	OUT
Jeremiah Beck Jr.	TE	OUT
David Oke	DL	OUT
Andreas Paaske*	TE	OUT

*denotes starter

Understanding the SEC Availability Report

“This availability reporting policy is intended to reduce pressure from outside entities seeking participation information and represents a commitment of our 16 institutions to provide enhanced transparency to support efforts to protect our student-athletes and the integrity of competition,” said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey in August.

According to a policy approved by the Conference’s membership, SEC schools will be required to submit availability reports three days prior to each Conference football game (beginning on Wednesday in advance of a Saturday football game) with daily updates leading to a final report 90 minutes prior to game time.  In the sports of basketball and baseball, reports will be filed the night before each SEC contest with an update on game day.

Under the reporting structure, prior to game day, student-athletes will be designated as “available,” “probable,” “questionable,” “doubtful,” or “out” for their next game.  To provide additional clarity on game day, student-athletes will be designated as “available,” “game time decision,” or “out” for the upcoming game.

Failure to provide accurate and timely availability reports will subject schools to potential penalties ranging from $25,000 for a first offense to $100,000 for a third and further offenses in football, and a maximum of $15,000 to $25,000 in men’s and women’s basketball and baseball.