Ja’Quain Blakely, defensive lineman (No. 48)
Class: Redshirt senior
Height: 6-2
Weight: 295
Hometown: Moultrie, Georgia
High School: Colquitt County
A former player of Rush Propst – Jeremy Pruitt’s former boss and mentor – Blakely played in every game for Tennessee in 2019. He picked up eight total tackles, and was a huge part of the goal line stand against Kentucky that resulted in a Tennessee win in Lexington.
Blakely will continue to have a presence for Tennessee’s interior defensive line in 2020, and is one of several returning players with plenty of experience on that unit.
2020 Tennessee football schedule
- Sept. 5 vs. Charlotte (Knoxville)
- Sept. 12 at Oklahoma (Norman)
- Sept. 19 vs. Furman (Knoxville)
- Sept. 26 vs. Florida (Knoxville)
- Oct. 3 vs. Missouri (Knoxville)
- Oct. 10 at South Carolina (Columbia)
- Oct. 17 OPEN DATE
- Oct. 24 vs. Alabama (Knoxville)
- Oct. 31 at Arkansas (Fayetteville)
- Nov. 7 vs. Kentucky (Knoxville)
- Nov. 14 at Georgia (Athens)
- Nov. 21 vs. Troy (Knoxville)
- Nov. 28 at Vanderbilt (Nashville)