Storey expected to return vs. Vanderbilt

Arkansas quarterback Ty Storey looks toward the video board during a game against Alabama on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, in Fayetteville.
Arkansas quarterback Ty Storey looks toward the video board during a game against Alabama on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, in Fayetteville.

— Arkansas quarterback Ty Storey is expected to play Saturday when the Razorbacks host Vanderbilt at 11 a.m.

Storey suffered a concussion during an Oct. 13 game against Ole Miss in Little Rock and did not play in Arkansas' 23-0 win over Tulsa last Saturday.

"He is clear," Arkansas coach Chad Morris said Monday. "He's great and everything, excited to be back and ready to go."

Storey has started five games this season - all losses - and has completed 81 of 142 passes for 983 yards, 7 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. He was having arguably his best game of the season against Ole Miss and was 12-for-16 for 122 yards and a touchdown prior to being knocked out of the game early in the fourth quarter.

Ole Miss rallied to defeat Arkansas 37-33 after the Razorbacks led 27-10 late in the first half.

Arkansas (2-6, 0-4 SEC) also is expected to play running back Rakeem Boyd and left tackle Colton Jackson against Vanderbilt (3-5, 0-4). Boyd, the team's leading rusher, has left the past two games early; against Ole Miss he bruised his tailbone during the second quarter and against Tulsa he left in the third quarter because of dehydration.

Jackson, who underwent back surgery during the summer and did not play in the first three games of the season, missed the Tulsa game with back spasms.

"It's not where he had the surgery at, it's a little higher up," Morris said. "We anticipate that being resolved and him being ready to go."

Morris listed several players as "day-to-day" with injuries. Among them are right guard Johnny Gibson (knee), defensive tackle Armon Watts (quad), cornerback Montaric Brown (groin) and receiver Jared Cornelius (ankle).

Defensive back Nate Dalton will not play against Vanderbilt, Morris said. Dalton was sent to the locker room during the second quarter of the Tulsa game after he was flagged for a personal foul when he slapped a Tulsa punt returner in the helmet after a fair catch.

Morris said running back T.J. Hammonds (ankle) has recently undergone surgery. Hammonds might be able to return sometime in November, Morris said, but could qualify for a redshirt because he has played in only four games this season.

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