The attrition continues to mount for the Tennessee Vols’ football team as they prepare to host Missouri in a critical Southeastern Conference Eastern Division matchup Saturday replete with title implications.

Freshman tailback Jeremy Lewis, one of the final players added to Butch Jones’ 2016 signing class and a summer enrollee, is not practicing with the team and intends to transfer from the Tennessee football program, multiple sources on campus told 247Sports this week. Lewis was not a part of the Vols' 49-36 win against Kentucky last Saturday and has not joined the team this week for practice.

A 6-foot-1, 195-pound tailback from Lone Grove, Okla., Lewis owns limited action this year primarily on special teams, working more so in that area in recent weeks following a spate of injuries to the Vols. Lewis’ only carries this season stem from Tennessee’s romp two weeks ago against Tennessee Tech on homecoming, garnering mop-up duties with six carries for 34 yards. Lewis' bio on UTsports.com also features none of his personal information and any stats from this season.

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Lewis is the third Vols’ offensive player to depart this season and fourth to be gone from the program. Jalen Hurd and Preston Williams voluntarily departed while Danny O’Brien was dismissed from the program for multiple failed drug tests.

The Vols (7-3, 3-3), however, haven’t missed a beat. They host the Tigers (3-7, 1-5) at 3:30 p.m. on CBS with a chance to retake control in the SEC East. Florida visits LSU Saturday at 1 p.m.

If the Gators lose and the Vols win, Tennessee needs only to beat Vanderbilt in its regular-season finale to punch its first ticket to the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta for the first time since 2007.