Missed his family, so he went home for Thanksgiving and decided not to come back?
If he is not officially in the portal (but just announced) I wonder if the timing works for us to get a scholarship to replace him.
Since he has not been going to class, I wonder how that is a factor with him specifically.
To qualify for a replacement (Tennessee is not going to have an issue coming up with 7 replacement "spots" due to transfers. There will be plenty of transfers happen still) all that is required is for players entering the portal to finish up this semester. Then they qualify to be replaced.
I've seen speculation by several who would know that are not too sure Tennessee will even go for 7 transfers, let alone more. They might, but not sure that has been decided yet. Lot depends on how many leave, how many seniors return for super senior status and how many spots on 85 they have available. Roster numbers are very dynamic.