The Southeastern Conference began mandating its members to release availability reports on its website Wednesday’s before conference games.
Four conference matchups will take place this weekend with several notable stars around the conference unavailable this week.
Florida at Mississippi State
Florida players listed as unavailable this week are wide receiver Ja’Quavion Fraziars, defensive back Ja’Keem Jackson, wide receiver Eugene Wilson III, defensive back Aaron Gates, defensive back Asa Turner, wide receiver Kahleil Jackson, offensive lineman Roderick Kearney, defensive lineman Michai Boireau, defensive lineman Jamari Lyons and defensive lineman Joey Slackman. Wide receiver Tank Hawkins is listed as questionable.
Mississippi State players listed as unavailable are cornerback Traveon Wright, defensive lineman Kalvin Dinkins and safety Tyler Woodard (first half).
Bulldogs who are questionable are cornerback DeAgo Brumfield, defensive lineman Kedrick Bingley-Jones, safety Chris Keys, Jr. and kicker Marlon Hauck.
Those likely to play are safety Corey Ellington and running back Xavier Gayten
Tennessee at Oklahoma
Volunteers out for Saturday’s SEC opener against the Sooners are defensive back Jourdan Thomas, defensive back John Slaughter, and offensive lineman Shamurad Umarov.
Only one Tennessee player is considered questionable which is offensive lineman Lance Heard. Others who will likely play are defensive back William Wright, linebacker Ben Bolton, and offensive lineman William Satterwhite.
Oklahoma players that are listed out are wide receiver Jayden Gibson, wide receiver Jalil Farooq, defensive back Gentry Williams and offensive lineman Geirean Hatchett. Linebacker Dasan McCullough is listed as doubtful while tight end Kade McIntyre, offensive lineman Branson Hickman and offensive lineman Jake Taylor are questionable.
Sooners listed as probable include wide receiver Nic Anderson, wide receiver Andrel Anthony, defensive back Kendel Dolby and offensive lineman Troy Everett.
Vanderbilt at Missouri
Commodores listed as unavailable are defensive lineman Zaylin Wood, cornerback Mark Davis, defensive end Boubacar Diakite, offensive lineman Grayson Morgan and safety CJ Taylor (first half).
Tight end Eli Stowers, tight end Cole Spence, STAR Maurice Hampton, tight end Brycen Coleman, defensive lineman Khordae Sydnor are all listed as questionable against the Tigers.
As for Missouri, those expected to be out for Saturday are defensive end Darris Smith and quarterback Sam Horn. Safety Joseph Charleston is listed as questionable.
Arkansas at Auburn
Razorbacks who have been ruled out for the upcoming road trip to Auburn are defensive backs Hudson Clark, Miguel Mitchell and Jaylon Braxton. Tight end Andreas Paaske, wide receiver Khafre Brown and offensive lineman Patrick Kutas will each miss Saturday’s contest.
Redshirt freshman wide receiver Dazmin James is listed as questionable. He was suspended last week for Arkansas’ game against UAB for a violation of team rules, according to Sam Pittman.
A few other key players are a little beat up through the first quarter of the season and are listed as probable for Saturday. Headlining the list of ‘may be playing’ are starting running back Ja’Quinden Jackson, defensive linemen Nico Davillier and Anton Juncaj, offensive lineman Addison Nichols and defensive back Jayden Johnson.
Auburn athletes expected to miss this weekend’s matchup with Arkansas include defensive back Tyler Scott and tight end Brandon Frazier. Defensive lineman Amaris Williams is the only player the Tigers have listed as doubtful.
Wide receiver Cam Coleman, defensive back Antonio Kite, kicker Alex McPherson and offensive lineman Izavion Miller are listed as questionable. Likely to play are defensive backs Kayin Lee and Champ Anthony.
Purpose of Availability Reports
“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.
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.
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