KNOXVILLE – Quarterback Jarrett Guarantano enters his redshirt senior season at Tennessee in 2020.
2020 marks Guarantano’s second season playing for offensive coordinator Jim Chaney and quarterbacks coach Chris Weinke.
In 2019, the 6-foot-4, 215-pound redshirt senior completed 152 passes in 257 attempts for 2,158 passing yards, 16 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
Last month in a Zoom media conference call, third-year Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt discussed his confidence in Guarantano.
“The longer you do something, the more you do the same stuff over and over, you obviously get better at it,” Pruitt said. “Jarrett is a guy who has played a lot of really good football and has a lot of experience to draw upon.
“It is something he has worked really hard this offseason to continue to improve himself. I would think absolutely he would have a chance to improve being in his second year in the same system.”
Guarantano’s passing numbers each quarter in 2019
• First quarter: 38-62, 520 yards, 3 touchdowns, 2 interceptions
• Second quarter: 42-80, 565 yards, 5 touchdowns, 3 interceptions
• Third quarter: 37-59, 545 yards, 5 touchdowns, 2 interceptions
• Fourth quarter: 32-50, 501 yards, 2 touchdowns, 1 interception
• Overtime: 3-6, 27 yards, 1 touchdown, 0 interceptions
Guarantano’s completions-attempts by down in 2019
• First down: 57-97
• Second down: 43-78
• Third down: 51-76
• Fourth down: 32-50