The UK football team will get back one of its key defensive players for Saturday’s game but lose one of its offensive stalwarts.

Head coach Rich Brooks said cornerback Trevard Lindley, who has missed the last four-plus games with a high ankle sprain, will start against Eastern Kentucky. However, tailback Derrick Locke, who tore some scar tissue in his surgically repaired knee in the Mississippi State game, has been ruled out for Saturday’s contest.

Although several players have been battling the flu this week, Brooks expects most of them to play. The only exceptions could be linebacker Ridge Wilson and backup long snapper Jon Thomas.