No. 7 Kentucky will face No. 14 Ole Miss on Saturday without one of its best players. Chris Rodriguez Jr. will be returning to the lineup, but the Cats will face Lane Kiffin’s spread tempo offense without one of its best defensive players.
After recording a career-high nine tackles in Kentucky’s road win over Florida, redshirt junior EDGE J.J. Weaver suffered what appeared to be an elbow injury on the first series against Youngstown State. The Louisville (Ky.) Moore product missed last week’s game against Northern Illinois and was deemed doubtful for Saturday’s contest in Oxford.