Kentucky football could be without a pair of key players for Saturday’s game at Florida.Head coach Joker Phillips announced that junior offensive guard Stuart Hines (ankle) and senior fullback Moncell Allen (fullback) are doubtful for the game. Both would be huge losses for a stout running game that ranks 15th in the Southeastern Conference and third nationally at 242.0 yards per game.Asked if there was a chance Hines would play Saturday, Phillips said “probably not.” Junior offense tackle Billy Joe Murphy is expected to fill in for Hines, who has registered 16 starts in his career at UK. “Stuart is the emotional leader up front, there’s no question about that,” Phillips said. “But we’ve got enough leaders on offense that if one goes down, we feel like we’ve got enough that we can overcome one not being with us.” Just two weeks ago, Allen drew the praise of Phillips for his punishing blocks in the win over Louisville. Phillips even compared him to former fullback John Conner, who is quickly earning a reputation with the New York Jets as one of the league’s best blockers.But Allen could be on the bench Saturday with a hamstring injury. If Allen is shelved, Phillips said it will hurt Kentucky’s two-back running game.”We’ll have to use two tight ends a little bit more to create some two-back running games,” Phillips said. “One of the guys will be off, and the motion guy will be (tight end) Jordan Aumiller. He’ll be a guy that will be a move guy. When the tight end is the move guy, he’s nothing more than a fullback and gives you a two-back running game.”Junior strong safety Taiedo Smith is also questionable. Senior defensive end DeQuin Evans and senior running back Derrick Locke are day-to-day but should be able to go Saturday.

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