Tomas O'Se will line out at full back for Kerry in their Division 1A clash with Tyrone in Killarney on Sunday.
Seamus Moynihan and Barry O'Shea - regulars in the position - are injured. Eamonn Fitzmaurice is selected at centre back.
Up front, the lively Colm Cooper returns from suspension and takes up his regular role in the left corner.
KERRY (SF v Tyrone): D O'Keeffe; M O Se, T O Se, M Lyons; T O'Sullivan, E Fitzmaurice, J Sheehan; D O Se, D Daly; L Hassett, E Brosnan, P Galvin; D Quill, D O'Sullivan, C Cooper.