Vanderbilt saves press row seat for longtime Tennessee sports reporter Wes Rucker after death

Vanderbilt and Tennessee are facing off on the hardwood on Saturday. Ahead of the game, the Commodores public relations team showed some serious class with a gesture that won’t be soon forgotten.

Coming into the weekend, the Volunteers have been in mourning after longtime school sports reporter Wes Rucker died Thursday in a tragic multi-vehicle wreck on I-40 West in Knoxville. He was 43-years old.

With the two schools playing in Nashville on Saturday, Vanderbilt decided to save a press row seat for the late Rucker. Check it out below, as Grant Ramey of Volquestshared a photo of the gesture to X, formerly Twitter…

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