Justin Worley Injury: Updates on Tennessee QB's Shoulder and Return

Updates from Wednesday, Nov. 12

Coach Butch Jones provided an update on Justin Worley on Wednesday via the Tennessee football Twitter account:

Updates from Tuesday, Nov. 4 

Ted Hall of WVLT in Knoxville provides an update on Justin Worley's injury: 

Coach Butch Jones would later confirm Worley's season is over via Tennessee's Twitter account:

Original Text: 

Tennessee quarterback Justin Worley was ruled out shortly before the Volunteers' game against Alabama on Saturday after being a game-time decision all week with a shoulder injury.

Steve Peake of InsideTennessee.com reported the news, also adding Nathan Peterman got the start as expected. But after the Crimson Tide took an early 13-0 lead, the Vols wasted no time inserting sophomore dual-threat QB Joshua Dobbs on the team's third series. He finished out the game in a 34-20 loss.

Peake reported Worley could miss the rest of the season with the shoulder injury, but Butch Jones refuted that after the game, per Maryville Daily-Times' Dargan Southard:

Worley has been beaten and bruised all season behind an inexperienced Tennessee offensive line, which had given up 30 sacks in 2014 heading into Saturday. The next worst allowed in the SEC is 16.

The Vols burned Dobbs' redshirt on Saturday, and he may have persuaded Butch Jones to roll with him from here on out after performing well against Alabama. His running ability allows him to evade pressure, and from the sounds of it, Worley is nowhere near healthy anyway.

Worley gave Tennessee the best chance to win early in the season, but don't be surprised if Dobbs is handed the keys to the offense moving forward regardless of Worley's injury situation.