Vols WR McCoy required to health center after leg injury

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterSep 30, 2023, 10:26 PM ET

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• College football reporter.
• Joined ESPN.com in 2008.
• Graduate of Northwestern University.Tennessee pass receiver Bru McCoy was taken to a

  healthcare facility after sustaining a substantial leg injury throughout Saturday’s 41-20 win over South Carolina.McCoy’s lower best leg bent awkwardly when he was dealt with by South Carolina’s Marcellas Dial following a 17-yard reception. Trainers took care of McCoy on the field before he was carted off. He was then taken to UT Medical Center for evaluation. Tennessee coach Josh Heupel will provide an update on McCoy following the game.Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel didn’t have an instant upgrade on McCoy’s injury after the game.”I dislike what happened to Bru

  ,”Heupel told reporters.”We will have more of an update tomorrow or Monday.

  Everybody saw it was a lower-body injury that didn’t look great. There is no one much better than him.” The senior gone into Saturday’s game as Tennessee’s second-leading receiver with 196 backyards on 15 receptions. He had

  2 receptions for 21 yards before the injury.McCoy was ESPN’s No. 27 overall recruit in the 2019 class. He at first attended USC, where he caught 21 passes in 2020.

  McCoy did not bet USC in 2021 and after that moved to Tennessee, where he was 2nd on the group in receptions(52 )and getting yards (667) last season.