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Butch Jones Confirms That Cornerback Rashaan Gaulden Is Out For Season

Saturday, Aug 22, 2015 1:27 pm

Dan Lyons

On Thursday, GoVols247.com reported that Tennessee cornerback Rashaan Gaulden would miss over a month due to a broken bone in his foot. Tennessee didn’t comment on Gaulden’s absence on Friday, and has recently instituted a policy that will close the door on some injury reports. However, today head coach Butch Jones confirmed the injury, and it is worse than originally expected.

JONES: Very unfortunate, Rashaan Gaulden fractured his foot. He will be out for the entire season.

— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) August 22, 2015

Gaulden projected to start at nickelback for the Volunteers this season, after recording seven tackles last season, when he was primarily a special teams player.