Chris Lofton, my favorite player in the entire nation, who has led my Tennessee Volunteers to where they are today, may be injured. “May.” Nothing certain. Breathe. Don’t panic.

Tennessee guard and leading scorer Chris Lofton has a minor leg injury but is expected to play Thursday against Louisville.

Team spokesman Craig Pinkerton says Lofton wore a walking boot on his foot as a precaution while the Vols rested on Monday and was expected to practice on Tuesday.

Coach Bruce Pearl told The Knoxville News Sentinel that Lofton “tweaked” his ankle in the first half of Tennessee’s 76-71 overtime win against Butler in the NCAA tournament.

The hope? Well, they’re saying it’s tweaked, and they’re saying it happened in the first half (he played the second half, so how bad can it be?). The thing that worries me? Tom Brady did something similar, “tweaking” his ankle, walked around with a boot, and then sucked it up in the Super Bowl.

If Chris Lofton is hurt, he’s got not Randy Moss to pass to.