NORMAN, Okla. – — will be without four players for Saturday night’s top-15 showdown atOklahoma in the SEC opener for both teams. The final SEC-mandated availability report of the week was released just 90 minutes before kickoff at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, and it included no notable changes. The report for the sixth-ranked Vols listed starting left tackle Lance Heard, defensive backs Jourdan Thomas and John Slaughter and offensive lineman Shamurad Umarov as out with no other players on the report.
Offensive lineman William Satterwhite, linebacker Ben Bolton and defensive back William Wright were listed as probable on the nightly updates the three previous days.
Heard will miss a second straight game with an ankle issue he picked up against NC State, while Umarov got hurt last week against Kent State and Thomas is out for the season after suffering a non-contact knee injury during preseason camp…