Tennessee LB Keenan Pili (ACL) done for season

Linebacker and team-leading tackler Keenan Pili will miss the rest of the season for No. 11 Tennessee with a torn ACL, coach Josh Heupel announced Monday.Pili, a team captain, sustained the injury on the first defensive series in the Volunteers’ 23-17 overtime victory over Florida on Saturday. The seventh-year senior walked off under his own power but was ruled out for the rest of the game.”I’m not sure there’s a better representative of what a Volunteer is than Keenan Pili,” Heupel said after Saturday’s win. “You talk about a selfless guy that cares about the people around him way more than he cares about himself, that’s an elite competitor, great leader, tough as nails, athletic, explosive — everything that you want. Just … he’s a dude, man. Special dude.”Pili recorded 29 tackles in six games to lead the Volunteers (5-1, 2-1 SEC).

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