{"id":435551,"date":"2024-11-15T19:43:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T00:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=435551"},"modified":"2024-11-15T19:43:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T00:43:36","slug":"nico-iamaleava-injury-update-tennessee-medical-staff-makes-decision-for-uga-game-per-report","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/tennessee-football\/nico-iamaleava-injury-update-tennessee-medical-staff-makes-decision-for-uga-game-per-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Nico Iamaleava injury update: Tennessee medical staff makes decision for UGA game, per report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nico Iamaleava has been medically cleared to play against Georgia on Saturday night, per a report.<\/p>\n<p>That comes via ESPN&#8217;s Chris Low, who said Iamaleava has &#8220;passed all protocols&#8221; since suffering a concussion in Tennessee&#8217;s win over Mississippi State last weekend. Iamaleava had been considered questionable this week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iamaleava passed all protocols and was cleared by the medical team to play against the Bulldogs. Vols were hopeful he could go after seeing him practice, but it\u2019s always a medical decision. Big for Tennessee to get him back for such a crucial game.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Low (@ClowESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClowESPN\/status\/1857581145640017974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is massive news for a Tennessee team that&#8217;s hoping to pull off a big upset on Saturday vs. Georgia. The Vols only have 1 loss this season, but they may need to beat Georgia on the road in Week 12 in order to ensure a spot in the College Football Playoff.<\/p>\n<p>A win over the Bulldogs would also put Tennessee in great position to earn a berth in the SEC Championship Game. Entering Week 12, Tennessee is 1 of 3 SEC teams with just a single conference loss this season. The other 2 teams, Texas and Texas A&amp;M, will face off in Week 14.<\/p>\n<p>Iamaleava has thrown for 1,879 yards and 11 touchdowns so far this season in his first year as Tennessee&#8217;s starter. He&#8217;s also averaging 8.5 yards per attempt, which ranks 4th amongst qualified SEC quarterbacks.<\/p>\n<p>Kickoff vs. Georgia is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday night in Athens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nico Iamaleava has been in concussion protocol this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":356456,"featured_media":431410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"class_list":["post-435551","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_types-news","teams-tennessee-football"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/435551"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/356456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}