How Tennessee Football Split Up Offensive Line Snaps Between Eight Linemen vs. Alabama

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In Tennessee football’s 37-20 loss to Alabama in Tuscaloosa, it consistently shuffled the offensive line for different possessions. In total, it was eight different linemen getting snaps, with each position seeing two different players get snaps.

At left tackle, the change was simply because Lance Heard was briefly injured. Bennett Warren entered in his place before getting subbed back out for Heard.

On the interior, Wendell Moe Jr. started at right guard, but also played a good bit of left guard. Shamurad Umarov played 50 snaps at left guard, but was occasionally sent to the bench for Moe to slide over and starting right tackle Jesse Perry to slide inside to right guard. In his place at tackle, freshman David Sanders Jr. came off the bench and played well.

At center, Sam Pendleton got the start and snapped all but three balls. William Satterwhite replaced him for the trio of plays. It’s unclear if there was a brief injury or if UT just wanted to mix things up.

Here’s a deeper look at the numbers, including how PFF graded each player.

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Left Tackle

  • Lance Heard – 79 snaps (79 total)
  • Bennett Warren – 6 snaps (6 total)

 

Left Guard

  • Shamurad Umarov – 50 snaps (50 total)
  • Wendell Moe Jr. – 35 snaps (85 total)

 

Center

  • Sam Pendleton – 82 snaps (82 total)
  • William Satterwhite – 3 snaps (3 total)

 

Right Guard

  • Wendell Moe Jr. – 50 snaps (85 total)
  • Jesse Perry – 35 snaps (81 total)

 

Right Tackle

  • David Sanders Jr. – 49 snaps (49 total)
  • Jesse Perry – 36 snaps (81 total)

 

Starters vs. Alabama

  • LT – Lance Heard
  • LG – Sham Umarov
  • C – Sam Pendleton
  • RG – Wendell Moe Jr.
  • RT – Jesse Perry

 

PFF Grades

RG/LG Wendell Moe Jr. (85 snaps)

  • 57.4 overall grade
  • 72.3 pass block
  • 55.3 run block
  • 1 penalty

 

C Sam Pendleton (82 snaps)

  • 58.5 overall grade
  • 79.3 pass block
  • 50.4 run block
  • 0 penalties

 

LT Lance Heard (79 snaps)

  • 65.1 overall grade
  • 71.3 pass block
  • 58.8 run block
  • 0 penalties

 

RT/RG Jesse Perry (71 snaps)

  • 60.3 overall grade
  • 56.6 pass block
  • 60.1 run block
  • 0 penalties

 

LG Shamurad Umarov (50 snaps)

  • 56.5 overall grade
  • 66.5 pass block
  • 66.3 run block
  • 2 penalties

 

RT David Sanders Jr. (49 snaps)

  • 75.8 overall grade
  • 84.1 pass block
  • 69.4 run block
  • 0 penalties

 

LT Bennett Warren (6 snaps)

  • 60.6 overall grade
  • 76.2 pass block
  • 58.6 run block
  • 0 penalties

 

C William Satterwhite (3 snaps)

  • 60.0 overall grade
  • 42.7 pass block
  • N/a run block
  • 0 penalties

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