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Coker back at practice

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? Tennessee tailback LaMarcus Coker returned to practice Tuesday for the Outback Bowl after having to sit out some practices in Knoxville for disciplinary reasons.

The Volunteers are in Tampa preparing to face Penn State on New Year?s Day.

Coker, the team?s leading rusher, started four games and had 660 yards rushing for the regular season.

Coach Phillip Fulmer did not specify the reason Coker was held out of practices except to say, ?He did not do something he told me he was going to do.?

But apparently Coker has fulfilled the request.

?LaMarcus has done what he was supposed to do,? Fulmer said. ?He?s here and ready to go.?

Senior receiver Bret Smith hasn?t arrived in Tampa yet because of flight problems.

Linebacker Jerod Mayo returned to practice after missing Tennessee?s final regular-season game against Kentucky with a knee injury. He didn?t practice in Knoxville before the Christmas break.

?Jerod Mayo will play,? Fulmer said. ?He and Rico (McCoy) will compete during the course of the week but in all likelihood, Rico will start because he?s been starting, playing well and Jerod hasn?t been out there in a while.?

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