Kentucky's Abney sets NCAA record

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky's Derek Abney set an NCAA record Saturday with his sixth kick return for a touchdown this season, a 95-yard runback of a kickoff against Vanderbilt.

Abney has returned two kickoffs and four punts for scores.

The 5-foot-10, 175-pound junior also set two Southeastern Conference records with Saturday's return: most kick returns for a touchdown in a season and a career.

Abney's other returns for TDs this season:

100 yards on a kickoff and 49 yards on a punt against Florida on Sept. 28;

86 yards on a punt against Arkansas on Oct. 19;

69 and 52 yards on punts against Mississippi State on Nov. 2.

Vol to have surgery

Tennessee receiver Kelley Washington will have surgery next week to fuse two vertebrae, a doctor said Saturday.

Dr. Drew Dossett, a Dallas orthopedist, said he examined Washington on Friday and will operate Tuesday.

-- From wire reports