A projected depth chart for the offense LT: Wanya Morris LG: Jerome Carvin C: Brandon Kennedy RG: Calbert RT: Wright TE: Pope/Fant QB: Bailey RB: Gray/Jordan/Whitehead or Hodge WR: Palmer WR: Keyton WR: Brandon Johnson Gibbs and Tillman will play quite a bit at receiver too. The incoming freshmen have a chance to play as well. I don't think Chandler returns, I want him to but he's been replaced. If he does, that's great, he's a good back. There's some actual depth on the interior oline now. If Jahmir Johnson doesn't leave, he's the 6th lineman and plays quite a bit. If he does, tackle depth is an issue. I don't expect Guarantano back, even if he does come back I expect Bailey to beat him out. Once that happens, this becomes 100% Pruitt's baby. Another qb probably leaves too. This should be a fairly young, exciting offense to watch, assuming Guarantano isn't involved.
On defense The defensive line is deep and experienced. The middle linebackers will be To'oto'o, Peterson, Crouch and a lot of youth. If Banks comes back, Crouch goes outside. The outside linebackers/pass rushers will be DeAndre Johnson, Roman Harrison and Kivon Bennett with young guys after that. The defensive backfield has two top end corners in Taylor and Thompson. Warren Burrell is there for depth. If Shamburger stays eligible, I'll be impressed. If not, we'll Kenney Solomon and Keshawn Lawrence there. The safeties should be fine. McCollough is a very good player, Theo Jackson and Trevon Flowers can play and we'll see Tyus Fields there too. A lot of youth everywhere but corner and the dline.
Not really, Tennessee redshirted two of them from the 2019 class. Right now, there's Austin Pope, Princeton Fant, Jacob Warren, Sean Brown and Jackson Lowe on scholarship. Also, two of the best tight ends in the country in the 2020 class are in state guys Tennessee has been all over since Pruitt got here.
Is Shamburger eligibility iffy? Hadn't heard that. Thought he had his best game in Orange last night. I think it's pretty locked up that Banks comes back if he doesn't mess up again.
A functional qb will make the receivers better. Brandon Johnson has a chance to pull a Travis Stephens too
It's all about the QB on offense. I'm not sold that we ve seen the end of JG and while Bailey is a Fr and Maurer is still green, JG is what he is. If UT wants to make the next step that position is the easiest pick. Gray has had 2 good games to finish the season but if Chandler leaves the depth is questionable. WR loses a lot but theres a lot of talent there. Kennedy coming back is big. OL should be good. Bituli is hard to replace but they should be pretty good on that side with another year.
Good sign is we had multiple freshmen who looked like they can compete with anybody, bookends on OL and stud at lb and rb is a good base
Still pretty so-so at RB unless Gray shows he can do it against decent teams. Also not sure how well we can run without Trey Smith. QB is still a potential disaster and WR is fairly unknown. Seems like another year of praying our defense can hang on. Need Keyshawn Lawrence to be the real deal or maybe Flowers to step up. Need someone to fill Bituli's spot and hopefully some OLBs that can play, too.
QB sucks Rbs are terrible WR are weak OL can't block DL can't get off blocks LBs can't tackle DBs can't cover STs are awful
1989 stroke out during the game? You'd think he would be pleased with the great comeback, but not much since his fire pruit in game rant.