Thoughts on 2023 team

[VolMarine1371]

It appears UT will be very good again next year. We have a solid group coming back and with the improvements of Milton I expect a similar year like this year. Here is the list I could come up with returning. I know I have a-lot of juniors on this list. I don’t expect any of them to go Pro. What are the thoughts on Thomas or Baron possibly going pro?

Returning Players:
OLine- Cooper Mayes, Gerald Mincey, Javontez Spraggins, Jackson Lampley, Nicholas Addison, Dayne Davis,

DLine- Omari Thomas, Tyler Baron, Bryson Eason, Joshua Josephs, James Pierce Jr., DJ Terry

Line Backers- Juwan Mitchell, Kwauze Garland, Kaleb Perry, and Elijah Herring

DB’s- Dee Williams, Kamal Hadden, Christian Charles, Deneiko Slaughter, Brandon Turnage, Andre Turrantine, Tameron McDonald, Warren Burrell

RB- Small, Wright, Sampson, Len'Neth Whitehead

WR- Ramel Keyton, Bru McCoy, Squirrel White, Jimmy Calloway, Jimmy Holiday, Walker Merrill.

QB- Milton, Jackson

 

[Emperor VOLpatine]

I think our Defense will be elite next year. This recruiting class is loaded with defense. I'd like to add a couple WRs though I'm pretty sure Bru has another year also

 

[rdk4121]

Adding to your list: Aaron Beasley seems like he'll be back, Ollie Lane should be back (started at guard last year when Cooper was hurt), I would assume Bru McCoy will be back, Kurrot Garland on the defensive line looks like he'll be back and DJ Terry.

 

[Jeff Clark]

My very,very early predictions for the 2023 Tennessee football season

2023 Tennessee Vols 10-2 and 6-2 in the SEC

Virginia@ Nashville W
Austin Peay W
@Florida W
Texas-San Antonio W
South Carolina W
Texas A&M W
@Alabama L
@kentucky W
UConn W
@Missouri W
Georgia L
Vanderbilt W

 

[DrTNT]

My very,very early predictions for the 2023 Tennessee football season

2023 Tennessee Vols 10-2 and 6-2 in the SEC

Virginia@ Nashville W
Austin Peay W
@Florida W
Texas-San Antonio W
South Carolina W
Texas A&M W
@Alabama L
@kentucky W
UConn W
@Missouri W
Georgia L
Vanderbilt W

I don’t think we lose to Bama next year either… replacing B. Young not gonna be easy… losing J. Gibbs, W. Anderson & others too…

 

[peaygolf]

2 loses...........

UGA and Austin Peay

 

[DrTNT]

It appears UT will be very good again next year. We have a solid group coming back and with the improvements of Milton I expect a similar year like this year. Here is the list I could come up with returning. I know I have a-lot of juniors on this list. I don’t expect any of them to go Pro. What are the thoughts on Thomas or Baron possibly going pro?

Returning Players:
OLine- Cooper Mayes, Gerald Mincey, Javontez Spraggins, Jackson Lampley, Nicholas Addison, Dayne Davis,

DLine- Omari Thomas, Tyler Baron, Bryson Eason, Joshua Josephs, James Pierce Jr.,

Line Backers- Juwan Mitchell, Kwauze Garland, Kaleb Perry, and Elijah Herring

DB’s- Dee Williams, Kamal Hadden, Christian Charles, Deneiko Slaughter, Brandon Turnage, Andre Turrantine, Tameron McDonald, Warren Burrell

RB- Small, Wright, Sampson, Len'Neth Whitehead

WR- Ramel Keyton, Squirrel White, Jimmy Calloway, Jimmy Holiday, Walker Merrill.

QB- Milton, Jackson

Along w/ Bru that isn’t on there, I look for Nimrod & Webb to step up in the WR room too next year… also left Williams-Thomas off your rb list…

 

[Emperor VOLpatine]

Along w/ Bru that isn’t on there, I look for Nimrod & Webb to step up in the WR room too next year… also left Williams-Thomas off your rb list…

I think Crawford is back at LT next year too

 

[Hopeful Vol]

Losses to Bama and Georgia and maybe Florida the schedule next year is more difficult. 8-4 or 9-3 but Heup proved me wrong this year so 10-2 wouldn’t surprise me. We will win the East in 2024 or 2025 i do believe. Eventually we will have to dethrone Kirby and Georgia.

 

[VolMarine1371]

My very,very early predictions for the 2023 Tennessee football season

2023 Tennessee Vols 10-2 and 6-2 in the SEC

Virginia@ Nashville W
Austin Peay W
@Florida W
Texas-San Antonio W
South Carolina W
Texas A&M W
@Alabama L
@kentucky W
UConn W
@Missouri W
Georgia L
Vanderbilt W

I think we beat UGA at home next year and could lose to Bama on the road. We could be looking at similar atmosphere for UGA game like we had for Bama game this year.

 

[Jeff Clark]

Losses to Bama and Georgia and maybe Florida the schedule next year is more difficult. 8-4 or 9-3

Florida will Butch Zook in 2023 will win no more than 6-7 games.

 

[Hopeful Vol]

Florida will Butch Zook in 2023 will win no more than 6-7 games.

We need to get a streak going on Florida

 

[Jeff Clark]

We need to get a streak going on Florida

Florida will be wondering in the Wilderness like Tennessee did from 2008-2020.

 

[Hopeful Vol]

We will win the SEC in 2024

 

[Hopeful Vol]

Florida will be wondering in the Wilderness like Tennessee did from 2008-2020.

I hope so

 

[LAVol1]

It appears UT will be very good again next year. We have a solid group coming back and with the improvements of Milton I expect a similar year like this year. Here is the list I could come up with returning. I know I have a-lot of juniors on this list. I don’t expect any of them to go Pro. What are the thoughts on Thomas or Baron possibly going pro?

Returning Players:
OLine- Cooper Mayes, Gerald Mincey, Javontez Spraggins, Jackson Lampley, Nicholas Addison, Dayne Davis,

DLine- Omari Thomas, Tyler Baron, Bryson Eason, Joshua Josephs, James Pierce Jr.,

Line Backers- Juwan Mitchell, Kwauze Garland, Kaleb Perry, and Elijah Herring

DB’s- Dee Williams, Kamal Hadden, Christian Charles, Deneiko Slaughter, Brandon Turnage, Andre Turrantine, Tameron McDonald, Warren Burrell

RB- Small, Wright, Sampson, Len'Neth Whitehead

WR- Ramel Keyton, Bru McCoy, Squirrel White, Jimmy Calloway, Jimmy Holiday, Walker Merrill.

QB- Milton, Jackson

IMO, the biggest loss on that list would be Thomas. I think he goes pro. He's the biggest difference-maker on our D. McCoy going pro would really hurt our receiving corp. As far as how good the '23 team be vs. '22...probably depends on (1) How well Milton plays, and (2) How well our receiving corp replaces Hyatt and maybe McCoy, and (3) How well our LB corp plays. Getting the same production from the guys replacing Beasley and Banks won't be easy.

 

[VolMarine1371]

Along w/ Bru that isn’t on there, I look for Nimrod & Webb to step up in the WR room too next year… also left Williams-Thomas off your rb list…

I mainly went off the 2-3 deep. We have more than this returning. But these are the players that have played significant snaps it started at some point over the last 2 years. Add the incoming class and we could be a problem for everyone next year. I expect us to be too 15 ranking Pre season.

 

[LWSVOL]

I don’t think we lose to Bama next year either… replacing B. Young not gonna be easy… losing J. Gibbs, W. Anderson & others too…

be careful about assessing Alabama and Georgia losses. They are stacked with 4 and 5 star recruits. Lot of talk this past off season about how Tennessee would handle Georgia due to them losing 10 of 11 starters on defense. We see how that turned out. You just can't look at those two teams player losses and assume they are beatable. They might be beatable, but they will have studs replacing losses.

 

[VolMarine1371]

I think Crawford is back at LT next year too

Crawford is a senior. Unless he uses Covid year he is gone.

 

[VolMarine1371]

Adding to your list: Aaron Beasley seems like he'll be back, Ollie Lane should be back (started at guard last year when Cooper was hurt), I would assume Bru McCoy will be back, Kurrot Garland on the defensive line looks like he'll be back and DJ Terry.

Ollie Lane is a RS Senior. He is gone unless he has a COVID year.

 

[Frosty]

I had us winning the east next year which starts off the decade+ of dominance

 

[rdk4121]

Ollie Lane is a RS Senior. He is gone unless he has a COVID year.

He does have a covid year. He would be a 6th year senior.

 

[rdk4121]

Crawford is a senior. Unless he uses Covid year he is gone.

He also had a covid year, the exemption also applied to Junior colleges. I think Byron young could even technically come back but probably won't.

 

[ReadCT]

My very,very early predictions for the 2023 Tennessee football season

2023 Tennessee Vols 10-2 and 6-2 in the SEC

Virginia @ Nashville

Depending on whether they decide to play VA Tech next week, we could be UVAs first game back after the shooting.

 

[Jeff Clark]

Depending on whether they decide to play VA Tech next week, we could be UVAs first game back after the shooting.

There will be a lot of ESPN buildup about that game