Breaking down Tennessee’s special teams depth chart versus Ball State

Breaking down Tennessee’s Week 1 special teams depth chart versus Ball State.

Tennessee will kick off its 2022 season Thursday against Ball State at Neyland Stadium under second-year head coach Josh Heupel.

Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the season-opening matchup.

Tennessee went 7-6 (4-4 SEC) in 2021 under Heupel.

Tennessee reached the postseason for the first time since 2019, losing 48-45 in overtime against Purdue in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl.

Tennessee’s 2022 regular season schedule also features home games against Akron, Florida, Alabama, UT Martin, Kentucky and Missouri.

The Vols have road contests at Pittsburgh in the second edition of the Johnny Majors Classic, LSU, Georgia, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

Tennessee released its depth chart Monday for the Ball State game. Below is a breakdown of the Vols’ Week 1 special teams depth chart.

Breaking down Tennessee’s defensive depth chart versus Ball State

Breaking down Tennessee’s Week 1 defensive depth chart versus Ball State.

Tennessee will kick off its 2022 season Thursday against Ball State at Neyland Stadium under second-year head coach Josh Heupel.

Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the season-opening matchup.

Tennessee went 7-6 (4-4 SEC) in 2021 under Heupel.

Tennessee reached the postseason for the first time since 2019, losing 48-45 in overtime against Purdue in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl.

Tennessee’s 2022 regular season schedule also features home games against Akron, Florida, Alabama, UT Martin, Kentucky and Missouri.

The Vols have road contests at Pittsburgh in the second edition of the Johnny Majors Classic, LSU, Georgia, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

Tennessee released its depth chart Monday for the Ball State game. Below is a breakdown of the Vols’ Week 1 defensive projected starters.

Breaking down Tennessee’s offensive depth chart versus Ball State

Breaking down Tennessee’s Week 1 offensive depth chart versus Ball State.

Tennessee will kick off its 2022 season Thursday against Ball State at Neyland Stadium under second-year head coach Josh Heupel.

Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the season-opening matchup.

Tennessee went 7-6 (4-4 SEC) in 2021 under Heupel.

Tennessee reached the postseason for the first time since 2019, losing 48-45 in overtime against Purdue in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl.

Tennessee’s 2022 regular season schedule also features home games against Akron, Florida, Alabama, UT Martin, Kentucky and Missouri.

The Vols have road contests at Pittsburgh in the second edition of the Johnny Majors Classic, LSU, Georgia, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

Tennessee released its depth chart Monday for the Ball State game. Below is a breakdown of the Vols’ Week 1 offensive depth chart.

Tennessee releases depth chart ahead of Ball State game

Tennessee releases depth chart ahead of Ball State game.

Tennessee will kick off its 2022 season Thursday against Ball State at Neyland Stadium.

Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the season-opening matchup.

2022 Tennessee football schedule

  • Sept. 1 versus Ball State
  • Sept. 10 at Pittsburgh
  • Sept. 17 versus Akron
  • Sept. 24 versus Florida
  • Oct. 1 OPEN DATE
  • Oct. 8 at LSU
  • Oct. 15 versus Alabama
  • Oct. 22 versus UT Martin (Homecoming)
  • Oct. 29 versus Kentucky
  • Nov. 5 at Georgia
  • Nov. 12 versus Missouri
  • Nov. 19 at South Carolina
  • Nov. 26 at Vanderbilt

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Ahead of Thursday’s game, Tennessee released its Week 1 depth chart. The Vols’ Week 1 depth chart against Ball State is below.

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Projecting Tennessee’s Week 1 offensive depth chart

Projecting Tennessee’s Week 1 offensive depth chart.

Tennessee went 7-6 (4-4 SEC) in 2021 under first-year head coach Josh Heupel.

Tennessee also reached the postseason for the first time since 2019, losing 48-45 in overtime against Purdue in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl.

The Vols kick off its 2022 campaign Sept. 1 against Ball State at Neyland Stadium.

Tennessee’s 2022 regular season schedule also features home games against Akron, Florida, Alabama, UT Martin, Kentucky and Missouri.

The Vols have road contests at Pittsburgh in the second edition of the Johnny Majors Classic, LSU, Georgia, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

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Ahead of the Tennessee-Ball State game, Vols Wire projects UT’s starting offensive depth chart.

Alex Golesh details Vols’ competition at left tackle ahead of Week 1

Alex Golesh details Tennessee’s competition at left tackle ahead of Week 1.

Tennessee will kick off its 2022 season Sept. 1 versus Ball State at Neyland Stadium.

Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the season-opening matchup.

Ahead of the Vols’ first game, second-year offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Alex Golesh discussed Tennessee’s competition at left tackle between Jeremiah Crawford and Gerald Mincey.

“I think the best thing for both of those guys is that there was real competition in there, and they both knew they couldn’t have a bad day,” Golesh said. “Inherently, Coach (Glen) Elarbee has rotated both of them. They’ve both gotten to play next to Jerome (Carvin). I feel good with both those guys. They’re different players. They’re both inexperienced, but they’re different, so they both have weaknesses, they both have strengths.

“I don’t know that you call the game any different with either one in there by any means, but I think, again, similar to the freshmen, J.J.’s played some and Gerald’s played some. Just not a ton, and not a ton of meaningful reps, so you go in, you kind of let it sort out as they go. They’ll both play, and we’ll see who it is that we have more sync with. If it’s both of them, awesome. We’ll be deeper there than we felt like we were a year ago.”

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Alex Golesh discusses Tennessee’s wide receivers ahead of Ball State game

Alex Golesh discusses Tennessee’s wide receivers ahead of the Ball State game.

Tennessee will kick off its 2022 season Sept. 1 versus Ball State at Neyland Stadium.

Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the season-opening matchup.

Ahead of the Vols’ first game, second-year offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Alex Golesh discussed Tennessee’s wide receivers.

“I think we’re as deep at the receiver spot in terms of guys we feel good about playing right now,” Golesh said. “I think they’re still continuing to, one, get healthy. It was good to get a couple of days off, get some guys that we were being really, really careful with, with Jimmy Calloway, Chas (Nimrod), get those guys back healthy — Squirrel (White) — running around.

“I think a lot of it will depend on how this next week-and-a-half goes. I’ve said this before, how they handle camp and spring ball is one thing. How they handle what a real college football player is supposed to be and how they can handle the students on campus now. It’s rush week as I’m driving down Neyland (Drive), so I get it — how do they handle all of that? How do they go through a normal Tuesday, Wednesday, into a Thursday, a Friday, game day. Throwing 15 hours of class at them. I’m not trying to downplay who can play, who cannot play, but who cannot feel like a freshman as a freshman, and if we could play a bunch of guys, that would be awesome. I don’t have a number. I feel like we’re two-deep, two-and-a-half-deep there. A year ago, I felt like we started that way, and then I did not feel that way after we started conference play, so the hope is that we can be at eight guys that can roll through, that can keep us fresh, so we can play as fast as we possibly can, but that would be the goal is to have seven to eight that can go. I feel like we do at this point.”

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Vols’ Week 1 opponent: Byron Ellis named Ball State’s general manager

Vols’ Week 1 opponent: Byron Ellis named Ball State’s general manager

Tennessee opened fall training camp Aug. 1 in preparation for the 2022 season under second-year head coach Josh Heupel.

The Vols will kick off its 2022 campaign Sept. 1 against Ball State at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the season-opening matchup.

Ahead of the 2022 season, Ball State announced Byron Ellis has been named as the Cardinals’ general manager.

“I’m fired up to name Byron as our general manager,” Ball State head coach Mike Neu announced. “He’s meant so much to our program since we came in together prior to the 2016 season. I lean so much on him with everything that takes place off the field. He does such a great job of being so detailed and meticulous and does everything in a first-class way. It’s awesome to be able to recognize him, and I’m looking forward to continuing our great partnership for many years to come.”

Ball State places nine players on preseason All-MAC teams

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Vols’ 2022 opponent: Ball State places nine players on preseason All-MAC teams

Tennessee’s 2022 opponent: Ball State places nine players on preseason All-MAC teams

Tennessee will kick off its 2022 season Sept. 1 against Ball State at Neyland Stadium.

Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. EDT. SEC Network will televise the season-opening matchup.

The meeting will be the first between the two schools.

The Cardinals finished the 2021 season with a 6-7 (4-4 MAC) record. Georgia State defeated Ball State, 51-20, in the Camellia Bowl.

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Ahead of the season, Ball State placed nine players on Phil Steele’s College Football Preview preseason All-MAC teams.

Below are Ball State’s student-athletes who received preseason honors from Phil Steele.

Ball State Cardinals Top 10 Players: College Football Preview 2022

Ball State Cardinals Preview 2022: Who are the top 10 players going into the season?

Ball State Cardinals Preview 2022: Who are the top 10 players going into the season?


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