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Eli Drinkwitz updates status of star receiver Luther Burden

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College football injury reports are always tricky, but one situation has our full attention heading into Saturday’s Tennessee-Missouri matchup. Luther Burden, Missouri’s standout wide receiver, is banged up after suffering an injury last week against Georgia.

Burden left the game in the second quarter, but was able to return later against the Bulldogs. Ahead of the Tennessee game, Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz admitted he was concerned with his receiver’s status for Saturday.

“All those guys are dealing with different things that they’ve kind of battled through,” Drinkwitz said earlier in the week. “I think Luther and Realus would be the two I’m the most concerned about right now.