KNOXVILLE — Jarrett Guarantano returns to Tennessee for his redshirt senior season in 2020.
Guarantano has been part of Tennessee’s program since 2016, his redshirt season, in which the Vols defeated Florida and Georgia but failed to win the SEC East division.
A 4-8 season followed in 2017 as Guarantano split time with quarterback Quinten Dormady. Jeremy Pruitt was then hired as head coach in 2018 and continues to rebuild Tennessee’s program back to a position in competing for championships.
Guarantano met with media Friday during the Vols’ third week of fall training camp. The redshirt senior reflected on his time at Tennessee during good times of finishing last season with a six-game win streak, but also during times in which the Vols were not victorious.
“This place means so much to me,” Guarantano said on a Zoom call with reporters. “I was thinking about my journey here and there’s no place that I would rather be, honestly. Of course there’s been ups and downs, and in life you experience many ups and downs, so it was nothing for me.
“There were some things I had to grow and learn from and I wouldn’t undo any of this, honestly. I just tell myself some things about the process, not trying to rush it, but there’s no place I would rather be. I’m lucky to be a Tennessee Vol and I wouldn’t change that for the world.”
In 2019, Guarantano completed 152 passes in 257 attempts for 2,158 passing yards, 16 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
Tennessee will kick off the 2020 campaign Sept. 26 at South Carolina.