Tennessee Football Depth By Class, Take 1

by CornFromAJar on Mar 5, 2008 2:09 PM EST in Tennessee Volunteer Football

With spring practice starting next week, I thought it would be interesting to look at Tennessee's roster for the 2008 season, formated here by class and position. I think this is pretty accurate, though the projected starters are totally a guess right now. That's especially so at defensive back, where I'd only bet on three things: Eric Berry, Brent Vinson, and Eric Berry.

TENNESSEE FOOTBALL DEPTH BY CLASS 2008
Position	Incoming (c/o 2012)	Freshmen (c/o 2012)	Sophomores (c/o 2011)	Juniors (c/o 2010)	Seniors (c/o 2009)
QB	C. Kelly	BJ. Coleman	N. Stephens	J. Crompton
RB	T. Poole B. Bartholomew	D. Vareen J. Hawkins	L. Creer	M. Hardesty	A. Foster
WR	EJ. Abrams-Ward R. Wilkes S. Fowlkes	A. Paige T. Campbell T. Maples	D. Moore G. Jones	A. Rogers Q. Hancock	L. Taylor J. Briscoe K. O'Neal
TE	A. Douglas		L. Stocker K. Cooper	J. Cottam
OL	P. Bailey D. Thomas C. Anderson	D. Sawtelle W. Brimfield	R. Johnson	J. McNeil C. Scott J. McClendon V. Richard	R. Foster A. Parker
DT	M. Hughes	D. Langley C. Pope	V. Thomas	D. Williams C. Nelson	D. Bolden W. Fisher
DE	W. Bohannon		B. Martin C. Walker	W. Brown G. Williams	R. Ayers
LB	M. Walls A. Johnson H. Lathers	C. Donald	L. Thompson S. Fraizer N. Reveiz	R. McCoy	E. Wilson N. McKenzie A. Myers-White
DB	S. Raines P. Waggner	A. Evans A. Anderson CJ. Fleming	E. Berry B. Vinson D. Rogan	M. Johnson R. Kemp	D. Willingham A. Gaines
P/K			D. Lincolin C. Cuningham		B. Colquitt
returning starters in bold, projected starters in italics

Two things I take from this:

I really like our offense. A lot. The only two things that can slow this offense are total ineptness at QB or some doofus move by Clawson that involves Kenny O'Neal under center. Oh, and o-line injuries. They could hurt.
Want to gaze straight into the cold, deep eyes of the reaper? Cover up the junior and senior columns and glance at the offensive and defensive lines, if you dare. In two years we're guaranteed to be relying on linemen that are either young or terrible, or both.

How about y'all? See anything of note? Oh, and I'm sure the chart as I've presented it is rife with incorrectness. Please shout out any mistakes you catch.

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D-Line Concerns

Our lack of depth along the defensive line is a real concern. And I doubt Eric Berry will be in orange beyond this year. The kid is just too good to avoid the big payday he'll receive from the NFL.

My Signature Should be Better Than This

by MoonDogLeft on Mar 5, 2008 5:13 PM EST reply actions

EB

We've got 2 more years of mileage out of EB. Last year he was a true frosh...unless there's more that I don't know about.

by Aerobab on Mar 5, 2008 6:41 PM EST up reply actions

You're correct.

This coming fall will be his second year after graduating high school.

by David Hooper on Mar 5, 2008 7:36 PM EST up reply actions

Bartholomew

Great job on this. I was really wonderin about who's gonna play at which position this year. The only thing I see is that I thought Ben Bartholomew was a fullback?

Dustin

by volfan5216 on Mar 5, 2008 6:08 PM EST reply actions

Yeah,

Bartholomew is a fullback, and probably the only true fullback we have. I didn't see the need to create a whole line for a position we've only got one guy at, so I lumped him in with the RBs.

It will be interesting to see if they use him as a FB or make him into more of a TE/H-back like we had with Cottam and Brown last year.

by CornFromAJar on Mar 5, 2008 8:26 PM EST up reply actions

Excellent!

Any idea who in the "Incoming" class will Redshirt?

by Aerobab on Mar 5, 2008 6:38 PM EST reply actions

It's not too early to hope, is it?

Check the story on this kid out.

I don't know a thing about his actual ability other than what this story implies. He does, however, sound very ambitious and seems to have well-defined goals and a plan to get there.

WANT

by David Hooper on Mar 5, 2008 7:39 PM EST reply actions