Josh Heupel offered a positive sign Monday on Tennessee tight end DaSaahn Brame after the sophomore left Saturday’s 34-6 win over Kentucky with an apparent head injury.
Brame went down after a near-touchdown grab in the end zone, a play that was ruled incomplete on the field. The bigger concern came when he hit his head hard on the turf and did not return, with the moment looking like a possible concussion situation.
On The Mike Keith Show, Heupel said Brame is trending in the right direction.
“DaSaahn is doing good,” Heupel said. “We feel like he’ll be in a great spot for game day.”
Tennessee’s first availability report for the Texas A&M game will come out Wednesday night. Players can be listed as out, doubtful, questionable or probable, while anyone not listed is expected to be available.
Heupel also revisited the call on Brame’s catch attempt, saying officials told him the play had been reviewed even though no review was publicly announced.
“When I was talking with the officials, we haven’t gotten the report back post-game yet,” Heupel said on The Mike Keith Show. “That typically happens in the middle of the week.
But at the end of the day, he didn’t come down with the football. Didn’t maintain control of it when he was on the ground.
So that was the ruling that they gave me. They said that they did review it up top as well.”
Brame finished with one catch for three yards before exiting. For the season, he has 15 receptions for 184 yards and no touchdowns. He has also taken a big step forward as a blocker.
With Ethan Davis out for the season, Brame’s workload has grown. He shares most of the tight end snaps with Trent Thomas, and freshman Luca Wolf saw more action after Brame left the Kentucky game.
Tennessee heads to College Station next to face Texas A&M. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. ET on ESPN.
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