Top Vandy defender to undergo surgery

The Tennessean is reporting that Van­der­bilt middle line­bac­ker Chris Marve missed Saturday's Black & Gold scrim­mage game and is sche­du­led for an arth­ros­co­pic pro­ce­dure on Mon­day to correct an ailing shoul­der injury that has pla­gued him for years.
Marve, the Com­mo­do­res' lea­ding tac­kler (121) and a second team All-SEC selec­tion last sea­son as a sopho­more, has been held out of the last week of prac­tice since re-injuring the shoulder.
That lea­ves Vandy without three of its top defen­sive pla­yers on Satur­day - Marve and tac­kles Adam Smother­man (torn ACL) and T.J. Greens­tone (shoul­der) - due to inju­ries sus­tai­ned this spring.
The deci­sion to end Marve's spring early and get the sur­gery out of the way is a no-brainer for the Com­mo­do­res. The Memphis pro­duct is arguably the team's top pla­yer on either side of the ball and is far too valua­ble to take risks with. He's not mis­sing anything he hasn't seen before.