Linebacker Depth

[volmandu]

I know we have some solid front 2 (Beasly, Pili) and promising guys (Herring & Carter) but is anyone else worried about depth at that position ? Carter is a freshman, Herring has not played much. We have two other true freshman as depth. How is the Caleb Williams guy who transferred from Liberty ? Can he gives us some snaps ? With long season and daunting SEC schedule, I feel like we will need more bodies.

Your thoughts ??

 

[Vol_guy]

I honestly believe we have more depth at LB than any other position going into the season.

 

[Vol423]

I know we have some solid front 2 (Beasly, Pili) and promising guys (Herring & Carter) but is anyone else worried about depth at that position ? Carter is a freshman, Herring has not played much. We have two other true freshman as depth. How is the Caleb Williams guy who transferred from Liberty ? Can he gives us some snaps ? With long season and daunting SEC schedule, I feel like we will need more bodies.

Your thoughts ??

No. This will be the best our linebacker corp has been in many years.

 

[butchna]

Deepest we’ve been since the late 90’s early aughts.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

Not according to Austin Price and Brent Hubbs. Even the freshmen look ready to play.

 

[Volfan39]

I know we have some solid front 2 (Beasly, Pili) and promising guys (Herring & Carter) but is anyone else worried about depth at that position ? Carter is a freshman, Herring has not played much. We have two other true freshman as depth. How is the Caleb Williams guy who transferred from Liberty ? Can he gives us some snaps ? With long season and daunting SEC schedule, I feel like we will need more bodies.

Your thoughts ??

Everyone around the team has said that our deepest position. Not worried in the slightest

 

[OrangeTsar]

Remember how psyched we were to get Henry T back in the day? This is much MUCH better

 

[TAF]

Tennessee Linebackers are a MILLION miles away from just a few years ago when Colton Jumper (**) STARTED for the Vols.

 

[WillisWG]

Tennessee Linebackers are a MILLION miles away from just a few years ago when Colton Jumper (**) STARTED for the Vols.

Intelligent player but had some physical limitations. His head on Banks and you would have had an All SEC player

 

[vegasvolfan]

I know we have some solid front 2 (Beasly, Pili) and promising guys (Herring & Carter) but is anyone else worried about depth at that position ? Carter is a freshman, Herring has not played much. We have two other true freshman as depth. How is the Caleb Williams guy who transferred from Liberty ? Can he gives us some snaps ? With long season and daunting SEC schedule, I feel like we will need more bodies.

Your thoughts ??

You know it’s interesting. People have been saying we are deep there, so I took their word for it. In fact, I just read an article talking about what a deep group we have in the same “breath” that they referred to sophomores and freshman as Beasley and Pili’s backups. The only reason I can see that being depth is if the underclassmen are T’o’o’to’o sp? Type talent among upperclassmen.

 

[CAVPUT]

I honestly believe we have more depth at LB than any other position going into the season.

I think we're pretty stacked at RB as well. My biggest fear is the OL and TE. Can't afford injuries at those 2 spots.

 

[Volfan39]

You know it’s interesting. People have been saying we are deep there, so I took their word for it. In fact, I just read an article talking about what a deep group that is in the same “breath” that they referred to sophomores and freshman as Beasley and Pili’s backups. The only reason I can see that being depth is if the underclass are T’o’o’to’o sp? Type talent among upperclassmen.

I don’t think you quite understand how freaking good arion Carter is. And Elijah herring is a stud as well. But Carter could seriously be a freshman all American

 

[vegasvolfan]

In fact with Garland out, I counted 3 upperclassmen out of 11 guys. Beasley, Pili and Albright. I consider experience a part of depth. I just don’t think we are as deep as everyone says we are.

2023 Football Roster - University of Tennessee Athletics

 

[Volfan39]

In fact with Garland out, I counted 3 upperclassmen out of 11 guys. Beasley, Pili and Albright. I consider experience a part of depth. I just don’t think we are as deep as everyone says we are.

2023 Football Roster - University of Tennessee Athletics

Garland was a walk on. Would you rather have older but not talented players out there over young studs? This linebacker group is five times more talented then the one we had last year

 

[vegasvolfan]

I don’t think you quite understand how freaking good arion Carter is. And Elijah herring is a stud as well. But Carter could seriously be a freshman all American

Yeah Mincey sliding to right to fill Wright’s shoes is interesting enough without a loss. I think we have more depth at WR than a lot of spots too.

 

[Volfan39]

Yeah Mincey sliding to right to fill Wright’s shoes is interesting enough without a loss. I think we have more depth at WR than a lot of spots too.

I would def put wr 1. Rb is also a sneaky pick for most depth

 

[vegasvolfan]

Garland was a walk on. Would you rather have older but not talented players out there over young studs? This linebacker group is five times more talented then the one we had last year

I’d rather have whoever gives us the best chance to win, so neither. I’d rather have depth at the position. Look at Georgia’s roster. They have 19 LB’s, 5 of which are RS Sophomores or older. We aren’t anywhere near close to that. Alabama has 23 players with TWELVE that are RS Sophomore or greater (most are at lease Junior). That’s more than we have on our entire roster. We aren’t close to deep in that position.

 

[vegasvolfan]

I know we have some solid front 2 (Beasly, Pili) and promising guys (Herring & Carter) but is anyone else worried about depth at that position ? Carter is a freshman, Herring has not played much. We have two other true freshman as depth. How is the Caleb Williams guy who transferred from Liberty ? Can he gives us some snaps ? With long season and daunting SEC schedule, I feel like we will need more bodies.

Your thoughts ??

Yeah I just looked up Georgia and Alabama. We are nowhere near close to deep.

Georgia has 19 LB’s, 5 of which are RS Sophomores or older. We aren’t anywhere near close to that. Alabama has 23 players with TWELVE that are RS Sophomore or greater (most are at lease Junior). That’s more than we have on our entire roster. We aren’t close to deep in that position.

 

[vegasvolfan]

I don’t think you quite understand how freaking good arion Carter is. And Elijah herring is a stud as well. But Carter could seriously be a freshman all American

See my last response to your other post. When you look at Bama and Georgia on D, then it is clear we are not deep at that position. We need more guys and it will happen, but this year… we aren’t deep. Not even close.

 

[Volfan39]

See my last response to your other post. When you look at Bama and Georgia on D, then it is clear we are not deep at that position. We need more guys and it will happen, but this year… we aren’t deep. Not even close.

I feel really freaking good about our 5 lbs that will play. I honestly don’t give a damn about how many lbs Georgia has that won’t even step on the field. They will only play max 5 lbs all year including mop up duty. Maybe depth isn’t our best Attribute but we got some quality lbs this year

 

[BACKDOC]

I honestly believe we have more depth at LB than any other position going into the season.

Yeah, I read the same thing; I think it was RTI.

 

[UTgrad2015]

JJ Peterson should have made his way in by now so we’ll be set

 

[vegasvolfan]

I feel really freaking good about our 5 lbs that will play. I honestly don’t give a damn about how many lbs Georgia has that won’t even step on the field. They will only play max 5 lbs all year including mop up duty. Maybe depth isn’t our best Attribute but we got some quality lbs this year

I will take quality.

 

[volmandu]

Not according to Austin Price and Bret Hubbs. Even the freshmen look ready to play.

This made me very happy . Esp given all 3 Freshmen LBs went through Bowl & Spring practice. Hopefully they are ready to help.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

This made me very happy . Esp given all 3 Freshmen LBs went through Bowl & Spring practice. Hopefully they are ready to help.

Plus, I understand, we practice at full speed, so they should get adapted to the SEC speed more quickly.