Bye weeks are usually the perfect chance for teams to get healthy in the middle of a rigorous season.

Tennessee, however, came out of last week’s bye with an injury to an emerging playmaker.

True freshman defensive back Trevon Flowers is out indefinitely after suffering a broken collarbone in practice last Thursday, according to a report from VolQuest.com. The report cited anonymous sources on the status of Flowers, who obviously will not play in the Volunteers’ game against Auburn on Saturday.

Flowers started Tennessee’s season opener against West Virginia before coming off the bench in the last four games. The 5-foot-11, 184-pound safety has nine total tackles and one pass breakup to his credit this year.

Vols coach Jeremy Pruitt is expected to address Flowers’ health during his press conference today. Tennessee (2-3, 0-2 SEC) travels to face No. 21 Auburn (4-2, 1-2) at noon ET on Saturday.