Following Thursday’s practice, Coach Rich Brooks confirmed that cornerback Trevard Lindley will start against Eastern Kentucky on Saturday, but tailback Derrick Locke will not play against EKU.

Lindley has missed four games since incurring a high-ankle sprain against Alabama on Oct. 3. In the first four games of the season, he totaled 13 tackles, one interception and four pass breakups.

Locke has a pair of knee injuries, torn scar tissue in one knee and a sprained medial collateral ligament in the other knee. He is the team’s leading rusher with 597 yards and four touchdowns. He’s caught 18 passes for 135 yards. He also leads the Southeastern Conference in kickoff returns with a 31.2-yard average.

Senior Alfonso Smith (167 yards, one TD this season) is expected to get the starting call at tailback, with Moncell Allen (118 yards, one TD), CoShik Williams (52 yards) and Donald Russell (45 yards) also available.

Brooks reported that most of the players who have been ill this week hope to be available, with the possible exceptions of reserve linebacker Ridge Wilson and backup long snapper Jon Thomas.

The Wildcats host the Colonels on Saturday at 1 p.m. The game will be televised live on WKYT in Lexington, WYMT in Hazard, on ESPN GamePlan and on ESPN360.com. It also will be a delayed telecast on the Big Blue Sports Network.

Allen, P. Warford are Game Captains: Tailback Moncell Allen and cornerback Paul Warford will be the game captains for the Eastern Kentucky contest, Coach Rich Brooks has announced.

Game captains are usually chosen on the basis of performance in the previous game. Allen was selected primarily for his outstanding effort on special teams against Mississippi State, making three tackles in kick coverage. He also rushed four times for 15 yards. Warford tied his career high with seven tackles. This is the second time in the last three weeks that Warford has earned the game-captain role.

Allen and Warford will join permanent captains Zipp Duncan and Corey Peters at the pregame coin toss.