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Today the university released the official depth chart for the upcoming game against the Florida Gators on Saturday.
On offense, Pig Howard is listed as the starter at slot receiver and Johnathan Johnson is slated as the backup. Both were injured last week. Jason Croom and Josh Smith are listed as co-starters at reciever, with Marquez North starting on the other side.
Justin Worley is still listed as the starting quarterback, but in his Monday press conference Butch Jones said whichever quarterback has the best week of practice will play, including the freshmen. With his comment, Butch basically opened the door for Josh Dobbs or Riley Ferguson to see action in the near future.
Whatever quarterback has the best week of practice is going to be the starter for Tennessee when we play Florida. If that means a freshman quarterback, that means a freshman quarterback. We’ll have more quarterback run in to our package this week. We just need to find ways to generate big explosive plays and if that’s Josh Dobbs running the read option or Riley Ferguson, that’s what we’ll do to create big plays. That’s going to be our focus and preparation this week.”
On defense, it’s Smith, McCullers, Hood and Miller on the defensive line. With Trevarris Saulsberry out 3-6 weeks, expect to see a lot of freshman Jason Carr, according to Jones.
Curt Maggitt and Corey Vereen have been injured but are expected to be available against the Gators. Maggitt is the backup weakside linebacker, behind Dontavis Sapp.
Offense
TE Brendan Dowsn
LT Antonio Richardson
LG Alex Bullard
C James Stone
RG Zach Fulton
RT Ja’Wuan James
WR Marquez North
WR Pig Howard
WR Jason Crrom
QB Justin Worley
RB Rajion Neal
Defense
Leo Jacques Smith
DT Daniel McCullers
NG Daniel Hood
DE Corey Miller
WLB Dontavis Sapp
MLB AJ Johnson
SLB Brent Brewer
CB Justin Coleman
NB JaRon Toney
SS Brian Randolph
FS LaDarrell McNeil
CB Cameron Sutton
Special Teams
P Michael Palardy
K Michael Palardy
PR Jacob Carter
KR Vincent Dallas
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