Dylan Sampson, the SEC's rushing and scoring leader, suffered an injury vs Mississippi State. The Vols are already shorthanded at running back.

Dylan Sampson joined Tennessee's 1,000-yard rushing club against Mississippi State as he chases SEC and UT touchdown records in stretch run.

Tennessee running back Dylan Sampson headed back to the locker room early before halftime after suffering an apparent ankle injury vs. Mississippi State. Sampson went down after his left leg appeared to bend in an awkward position after a hit late in the second quarter.

Dylan Sampson rushed for a career-high 149 yards and a touchdown to lead No. 7 Tennessee past Mississippi State 33-14.

Last week Dylan Sampson broke new Tennessee Football’s single-season rushing touchdown record. Saturday night against Mississippi State, Sampson hit another milestone, becoming the 20th Tennessee running back in program history to go over 1,

Sampson has had an awesome season so far with four games remaining on the schedule. He has been the leading touchdown candidate in the SEC for rushing as he had 17 entering this contest. That was just one short of being tied with Gene McEver who had 18 rushing touchdowns in 1929.

Running back Dylan Sampson rewrote the Tennessee football history books on Saturday with a huge performance in a win over Kentucky on Saturday.

Dylan Sampson rushed for 141 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 7 Tennessee to a 28-18 victory over Kentucky.

Star running back Dylan Sampson went down just before halftime, then quarterback Nico Iamaleava didn’t come out of the locker room after halftime. Gaston Moore started the second half for Tennessee, and ESPN reported that Iamaleava had been ruled out for the remainder of the game with an “upper body injury.