Cedric Tillman continues to work back from a high ankle sprain, but his status for Saturday’s game is still an unknown. Tennessee’s top wide receiver took a low shot against Akron, and hasn’t seen the field since.
Diagnosed with the dreaded high ankle sprain, Tillman had surgery in the days following in hopes of speeding up the rehab process. The ‘tightrope’ surgery brought former Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa back to the field in about a month a few years ago. We’re still a week away from that timeframe for Tillman.
Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel said that Tillman did return to the field on Monday in limited fashion.