Tennessee football suffered its third loss of the 2025 season Saturday night, falling to Oklahoma 33-27 at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. The Vols failed to capitalize on a number of first half scoring chances and was unable to find enough consistency in the second half.
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 16 plays — 20% of offensive plays)
QB Joey Aguilar — 68.7 (84 plays)
WR Chris Brazzell — 68.2 (82 plays)
RB Peyton Lewis — 67.3 (19 plays)
TE Ethan Davis — 65.2 (48 plays)
RB DeSean Bishop — 64.3 (52 plays)
WR Mike Matthews — 63.9 (71 plays)
OG Wendell Moe Jr. — 63.9 (84 plays)
WR Braylon Staley — 61.4 (70 plays)
RT David Sanders Jr. — 60.5 (83 plays)
OG Sham Umarov — 60.1 (38 plays)
LT Lance Heard — 59.5 (84 plays)
TE Miles Kitselman — 58.1 (47 plays)
OG/OT Jesse Perry — 55.7 (47 plays)
C Sam Pendleton — 47.7 (84 plays)
It was Tennessee’s worst offensive grades across the board this season. I do not love the PFF grading scale but no one single player earning a starter grade speaks volumes. It also says a lot that Tennessee’s highest graded offensive player was a quarterback who turned the ball over three times.
It was a particularly bad night for Tennessee’s offensive line. The group played by far its worst game of the season with four Vol linemen earning grades under 61.0.
One positive note for the offense was Ethan Davis. The junior tight end is playing the best football of his career in the two games since he returned from injury.
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Defensive Grades (minimum 13 plays — 20% of defensive plays)
S Edrees Farooq — 87.7 (66 plays)
LB Edwin Spillman — 84.2 (61 plays)
CB Ty Redmond — 75.1 (66 plays)
DT Jaxson Moi — 72.2 (32 plays)
CB Colton Hood — 71.6 (66 plays)
LB Jeremiah Telander — 70.7 (45 plays)
DT Daevin Hobbs — 70.3 (33 plays)
DE Tyree Weathersby — 70.2 (21 plays)
LEO Josh Josephs — 68.7 (28 plays)
DT Nathan Robinson — 66.5 (20 plays)
S Andre Turrentine — 66.5 (58 plays)
LEO Jordan Ross — 65.5 (13 plays)
DT Bryson Eason — 65.0 (36 plays)
LB Arion Carter — 61.9 (17 plays)
LEO Caleb Herring — 61.2 (27 plays)
DE Dominic Bailey — 60.3 (45 plays)
STAR Jalen McMurray — 53.3 (62 plays)
Major credit to Edrees Farooq who played by far the best game of his season against Oklahoma. He forced and recovered a fumble and deflected the pass that Edwin Spillman intercepted. It was overall a solid day for Tennessee’s young defenders, its three highest graded defenders were all underclassmen.
This felt like a game where Tennessee’s edge rushers could have a big game, but all three of Josh Josephs, Jordan Ross and Caleb Herring did not turn in great performances.
Some notes on the snap count. Boo Carter didn’t play a single defensive snap while Tyre West played just eight snaps and did not return after suffering a first half injury.
