Tennessee’s ‘quarterbacks threw the ball well’ in first fall practice
KNOXVILLE — Quarterback J.T. Shrout enters his third season in Jeremy Pruitt’s program at Tennessee.
The 6-foot-3, 213-pound redshirt sophomore appeared in four games and started one contest last season. Shrout finished the season going 13-for-27 through-the-air and totaled 179 passing yards and one touchdown.
Shrout is part of a quarterback room that consists of redshirt senior Jarrett Guarantano, sophomore Brian Maurer and freshman Harrison Bailey. Guarantano, Maurer and Shrout all started games last season.
Sixth-year senior center Brandon Kennedy discussed Shrout and his improvement heading into the 2020 season.
“I think as far as all of the quarterbacks, and him too, as far as mental processing, I think that has went through the roof, especially with this time off,” Kennedy said of Shrout and Tennessee’s quarterback unit. “Guys have been able to watch more films and things like that.
“With him and all of the others quarterbacks in the room, I think that we have a lot more depth and also experience because a lot of guys played last year. I feel like it served him well.”