The loosehead coms in for Glasgow colleague Rory Sutherland, who suffered a concussion as a replacement prop against the All Blacks on Saturday.
Leicester prop Will Hurd returns after recovering from a shoulder injury that kept him out of the opening two autumn Tests
Sale's Arron Reed and Glasgow's Murphy Walker also drop out of the squad.
Zander Fagerson was not deemed not quite ready for the New Zealand game, although head coach Gregor Townsend has said he hopes the Glasgow tighthead can make his comeback from a long-term lay-off this month.