Justin Worley Injury Update: Tennessee QB To Miss Remainder Of Season

Oct 18, 2014; Oxford, MS, USA; Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Justin Worley (14) passes the ball during the game against the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The Mississippi Rebels defeated the Tennessee Volunteers 34-3. Mandatory Credit: Spruce Derden-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 18, 2014; Oxford, MS, USA; Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Justin Worley (14) passes the ball during the game against the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The Mississippi Rebels defeated the Tennessee Volunteers 34-3. Mandatory Credit: Spruce Derden-USA TODAY Sports

Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Justin Worley will miss the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury, head coach Butch Jones announced. 

On Tuesday, the Tennessee Volunteers announced quarterback Justin Worley would be forced to miss the remainder of the season after being diagnosed with a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder.

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The injury will require surgery.

Justin Worley, a senior, was injured during the Vols’ blowout loss to the Ole Miss Rebels on Oct. 18.

Tennessee head coach Butch Jones announced Worley’s season-ending injury when speaking to the media on Tuesday evening.

Worley threw for 3,556 yards and 23 passing touchdowns during his career at Tennessee and it is now likely that his college career is over unless he is granted a medical waiver by the NCAA.

“I give Justin Worley all the credit in the world,” Jones said, via Matt Slovin of The Tennessean.. “He tried anything and everything in the world to rehabilitate his shoulder back. He just could not get the velocity he needs.”

Tennessee returns to action Nov. 15 against the Kentucky Wildcats.

When they step onto the field, sophomore Josh Dobbs, who started against South Carolina, is expected to lead the starting offense onto the field.

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