Tennessee Volunteers College Football Preview 2021: Top Players
Best Tennessee Volunteers Offensive Player
OG Cade Mays, Sr.
Admitted cop-out pick No. 1 – the best Tennessee player will likely be playmaker Velus Jones in this new attack, one of the other receivers, or whatever statistical star ends up winning the quarterback gig. But for now, Mays is here as one of the nation’s most versatile linemen who’s more than ready to live up to his immense billing.
He hasn’t been the all-star he was expected to be as a superstar recruit for Georgia, but he’s been good at guard and now probably cementing himself at right tackle.
2. OT Darnell Wright, Jr.
3. WR Velus Jones, Sr.
4. QB Hendon Hooker, Sr.
5. QB Harrison Bailey, Soph.
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Best Tennessee Volunteers Defensive Player
DT Matthew Butler, Sr.
Admitted cop-out pick No. 2.
Juwan Mitchell will probably be the team’s leading tackler, and go ahead and make a call on one of the other NFL-sized linemen, one of the good-tackling safeties, or corner Alontae Taylor for this spot.
Tennessee should have a strength on the defensive line as the year goes on. There’s plenty of bulk and several good options at table, but Butler is the most active of the bunch coming off a 43-tackle, two sack season.
A true leader on the field, off of it, and in the classroom, he has been through it all with this program. At the very least in this year of upheaval with the program, he’s one guy the coaching staff can absolutely count on.
2. CB Alontae Taylor, Sr.
3. S Trevon Flowers, Sr.
4. S Jaylen McCollough, Jr.
5. LB Juwan Mitchell, Sr.
Top Incoming Tennessee Volunteers Transfer
LB Juwan Mitchell, Sr.
The top transfer is actually Hendon Hooker or even Joe Milton, but more on that in the next section. The Vols have a ton of quarterbacks to choose from and should be okay no matter who they decide on. Linebacker, though, is a different story.
The Vols lost three very, very strong veterans to the transfer portal, and now they get a 230-pound thumper who can instantly fit on the inside and be one of the team’s top tacklers. Johnson made 99 stops with three sacks in his two years at Texas, and now he should be one of the biggest key guys against the run.
– What You Need To Know: Offense | Defense
– Keys To The Season
– What Will Happen, Win Total Prediction
– Tennessee Schedule Analysis