Tennessee football dropped its second game of the 2025 season Saturday night, falling at Alabama 37-20 in Tuscaloosa. Self inflicted mistakes and a 100-yard pick six to end the first half buried the Vols in the rivalry loss.
If you need a reminder on how Pro Football Focus works, read the opening of the Syracuse grades.
Let’s see how the Vols graded out.
Elite grade = 90-100, All-Conference = 85-89, Starter = 70-84, Backup = 60-69, Replaceable = 60 >
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Offensive Grades (minimum 15 plays — 20% of offensive plays)
RB DeSean Bishop — 79.9 (40 plays)
RT David Sanders — 75.8 (49 plays)
WR Chris Brazzell — 69.7 (82 plays)
QB Joey Aguilar — 67.9 (85 plays)
WR Braylon Staley — 66.8 (77 plays)
LT Lance Heard — 65.1 (79 plays)
RB Star Thomas — 64.1 (22 plays)
RT/RG Jesse Perry — 60.3 (71 plays)
C Sam Pendleton — 58.5 (82 plays)
TE Miles Kitselman — 57.8 (66 plays)
RB Peyton Lewis — 57.5 (23 plays)
OG Wendell Moe — 56.5 (50 plays)
LG Sham Umarov — 56.5 (50 plays)
TE Jack Van Dorselaer — 54.4 (15 plays)
WR Mike Matthews — 54.1 (82 plays)
It is no surprise that DeSean Bishop is atop Tennessee’s offensive grades after what was his second straight big game and really a stellar final three quarters. But I wasn’t quite expecting to see David Sanders right behind him. Strong showing from the freshman in a big game. He graded out well both in run blocking and pass protection.
Joey Aguilar’s grade feels about right. He had two pretty awful plays that proved extremely costly but was otherwise pretty solid. Not great but solid.
Besides Sanders, it was a pretty rough night for Tennessee’s offensive line. None of the other four offensive line starters turned in good grades in the loss.
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Defensive Grades (minimum 12 plays — 20% of defensive snaps)
DT Nathan Robinson — 73.0 (20 plays)
S Edrees Farooq — 71.8 (60 plays)
LEO Josh Josephs — 70.7 (30 plays)
LEO Jordan Ross — 70.2 (18 plays)
LEO Caleb Herring — 66.9 (23 plays)
STAR Jalen McMurray — 66.7 (25 plays)
DT Bryson Eason — 66.7 (37 plays)
STAR Boo Carter — 62.7 (32 plays)
LB Jeremiah Telander — 60.2 (41 plays)
DE Dominic Bailey — 59.2 (43 plays)
DT Jaxson Moi — 59.1 (34 plays)
DT Daevin Hobbs — 58.5 (25 plays)
LB Edwin Spillman — 58.4 (27 plays)
S Andre Turrentine — 57.4 (64 plays)
CB William Wright — 57.2 (25 plays)
CB Ty Redmond — 55.9 (39 plays)
CB Colton Hood — 54.2 (64 plays)
LB Arion Carter — 50.4 (49 plays)
LB Jadon Perlotte — 50.0 (15 plays)
DE Tyre West — 50.0 (15 plays)
There wasn’t a whole lot of good to note for Tennessee’s defense in this one but two unlikely defenders led the way. Nathan Robinson played his best game since the opener against Syracuse while Edrees Farooq also turned in a strong performance.
It was a pretty disastrous evening for Tennessee’s cornerbacks with all three earning a grade south of 58. Colton Hood earned the worst grade of the bunch, allowing two catches for 56 yards on top of a critical third down pass interference.
While it was not a strong night for Tennessee’s pass rush, the trio of Josh Josephs, Caleb Herring and Jordan Ross were still near the top of the Vols’ defensive grades.
