Nico Iamaleava leaves the Tennessee football game against Mississippi State with an injury

According to the ESPN broadcast, Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava is out for the remainder of the Vols’ game against Mississippi State.

It is unclear in which game Iamaleava was injured. On Tennessee’s second-to-last drive of the first half, he took a big hit on an incomplete third down, but came back for the ensuing drive, where he handed the ball off to Cam Seldon and completed a 21-yard pass to Squirrel White for a first down setting up a field goal to end the drive.

Iamaleava had a strong first half, completing eight of 13 passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran for 22 yards on four carries.

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Redshirt senior Gaston Moore replaced Iamaleava early in the second half with the Vols leading 20-7. Tennessee took the lead with a three-pointer on the first drive of the second half.

As a walk-on quarterback, Moore has completed 11 of 17 passes for 163 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions so far this season. Moore, a former transfer from Central Florida, has played very little football for Tennessee this season.

Injuries hit Tennessee’s offense hard in the game against Mississippi State. Dylan Sampson also suffered an injury on the second-to-last drive of the first half. After Sampson’s return was deemed questionable at halftime, he returned to the game on Tennessee’s second drive of the second half.

Stay tuned to RockyTopInsider.com throughout the night for complete coverage of Tennessee’s matchup against Mississippi State and post-game updates on Iamaleava’s injury status.