One of Tennessee's most talented players will return to the practice field on Wednesday.

The Vols announced on Wednesday afternoon that suspended sophomore cornerback Bryce Thompson will resume practicing with the team. Thompson had missed the first two games of the season while suspended indefinitely following his arrest on a domestic assault charge one week before the start of the season. It is unclear if Thompson will play against Chattanooga on Saturday.

“As university processes have progressed relating to Bryce Thompson, we’ve all taken this situation very seriously," Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt said in a statement. "I believe Bryce can grow by following the plan the university has put in place for him. As a result, I am allowing him to return to practice.”

Thompson has a hearing in court scheduled for Sept. 23.

Pruitt is scheduled to speak to the media following the conclusion of Wednesday's practice.

Thompson was an SEC All-Freshman Team selection and Freshman All-American for the Vols in 2018, and Tennessee has been relying on sophomore Alontae Taylor and freshman Warren Burrell as its starting cornerbacks while Thompson has been suspended.

The Vols have started 0-2 for the first time since 1988 after the excruciating double-overtime loss against BYU followed the humiliating defeat to Georgia State to open the 2019 season.

Thompson was arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic assault stemming from an incident at Stokely Hall on Aug. 24, and he spent 12 hours in jail before he was released.

According to the police report, Thompson was arguing with his girlfriend of four years after she found fake eyelashes in his dorm room. Thompson, described by the responding officer as "extremely upset and agitated," allegedly made two threats during the argument with his girlfriend, one that he was going to "slap the (expletive) out of (her)" and the other that he was going to "shoot up the school."

He also admitted to breaking a small metal gate at the end of the hallway by ripping it out of its hinges, causing damage to the nearby sheetrock, but denied any physical contact with his girlfriend and none of the witnesses saw any physical contact between the two.

The hall director and one witness claimed to have heard Thompson say he was going to slap his girlfriend. The first witness told police he saw Thompson and heard him make both threats. According to the police report, a second witness heard Thompson threaten to slap another person, and a third witness heard Thompson's threat to "shoot up the school" and him continue to yell at a girl.

Thompson was taken into custody and charged with domestic assault because he caused his girlfriend "to reasonably fear imminent bodily injury," the police report states.