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UT lost starting safety for season

Posted on 8/15/26 at 10:11 am
Posted by Hugh McElroy
Member since Sep 2013
20115 posts
Posted on 8/15/26 at 10:11 am
Fall camp injuries suck.

Edress Farooq injured his knee and is out for the season. Started all 13 games last year for the Vols and was second in SEC in forced fumbles.
Posted by VFL67
Member since Feb 2025
2821 posts
Posted on 8/15/26 at 10:12 am to
Major loss
Posted by RTRnFlorida
Member since Mar 2024
3299 posts
Posted on 8/15/26 at 10:26 am to
We lost probably our best RB yesterday, AK Dear. We are loaded with 5* at RB… but they’re all young. We’ll see how much it affects us, as we have to run the ball this year.
Posted by Mo Debumly
Member since May 2026
318 posts
Posted on 8/15/26 at 10:26 am to
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Edress Farooq injured his knee and is out for the season. Started all 13 games last year for the Vols and was second in SEC in forced fumbles.

It was real bad. They carried him to UT Medical Center in an ambulance.

They only do that when it's a terrible injury past anything the team doctors can handle immediately.
Posted by Capn_Bevo
Austin
Member since Jan 2019
1447 posts
Posted on 8/15/26 at 10:45 am to
Fall camp is simultaneously like an extended Christmas Eve and running though a minefield
Posted by bigDgator
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2008
50494 posts
Posted on 8/15/26 at 10:49 am to
It sucks, but this happens every year before the games even start. Hopefully he recovers fully.
Posted by Michael T. Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2004
8936 posts
Posted on 8/15/26 at 12:08 pm to
I hope his recovery goes well.
Posted by Eldodroptop
Member since Jul 2021
3731 posts
Posted on 8/15/26 at 12:12 pm to
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We lost probably our best RB yesterday, AK Dear. We are loaded with 5* at RB… but they’re all young. We’ll see how much it affects us, as we have to run the ball this year.


The losses we suffered at running back during the ‘24 fall camp affected us for two seasons. Small thing compared to the sadness knowing that CJ Baxter will never be what he was.
Posted by Dawgs2122
Member since Dec 2024
2735 posts
Posted on 8/15/26 at 12:32 pm to
Damn. Hope the kid can make a full recovery. Looked like a pretty bad injury
Posted by Mo Debumly
Member since May 2026
318 posts
Posted on 8/15/26 at 12:48 pm to
Tennessee's weak point always seems to be the secondary.

Then, without fail, we always lose a starter to injury right before the season starts.
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