Tennessee football was off Saturday afternoon as they look to regroup and prepare for Arkansas after a relatively successful first month of the season. The Vols are off to a 4-1 start dropping an overtime affair against Georgia and winning an overtime thriller against Mississippi State.
There’s no PFF grades to look at for Tennessee Saturday so let’s take a look at how Tennessee has graded out over the first month of the season.
If you need a reminder on how Pro Football Focus works, read the opening of the Syracuse grades.
Let’s see how the Vols have graded out.
Elite grade = 90-100, All-Conference = 85-89, Starter = 70-84, Backup = 60-69, Replaceable = 60 >
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Team Grades
Overall — 92.5
Offense — 81.5
Passing — 89.2
Pass Block — 78.7
Receiving — 75.9
Running — 88.4
Run block — 55.0
Defense — 90.3
Run defense — 79.9
Tackling — 72.8
Pass rush — 84.2
Coverage — 89.4
Special teams — 77.1
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Offensive Grades (minimum 70 plays)
QB Joey Aguilar — 84.8 (330 plays)
WR Chris Brazzell — 84.2 (289 plays)
RB Star Thomas — 81.7 (123 plays)
RB DeSean Bishop — 77.5 (129 plays)
RB Peyton Lewis — 71.4 (80 plays)
RT Jesse Perry — 71.2 (319 plays)
RG Wendell Moe — 68.7 (330 plays)
WR Mike Matthews — 67.1 (294 plays)
C Sam Pendleton — 66.3 (302 plays)
WR Braylon Staley — 66.1 (288 plays)
TE Miles Kitselman — 63.6 (282 plays)
LT Lance Heard — 63.5 (330 plays)
LG Sham Umarov — 61.2 (330 plays)
TE Jack Van Dorselaer — 58.4 (74 plays)
WR Travis Smith Jr — 54.2 (82 plays)
C William Satterwhite — 50.5 (79 plays)
TE Ethan Davis — 48.3 (95 plays)
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Defensive Grades (minimum 70 plays)
DE Tyre West — 85.2 (125 plays)
LEO Josh Josephs — 82.5 (179 plays)
CB Colton Hood — 79.5 (338 plays)
STAR Jalen McMurray — 79.3 (210 plays)
LEO Jordan Ross — 77.5 (114 plays)
LB Arion Carter — 74.9 (258 plays)
STAR Boo Carter — 74.5 (151 plays)
LB Edwin Spillman — 74.1 (192 plays)
DT/DE Dominic Bailey — 72.8 (231 plays)
DT Bryson Eason — 69.5 (226 plays)
DE Tyree Weathersby — 69.4 (103 plays)
DT Nathan Robinson — 69.4 (123 plays)
CB Ty Redmond — 69.4 (314 plays)
S Kaleb Beasley — 66.4 (147 plays)
LB Jeremiah Telander — 65.5 (195 plays)
LEO Caleb Herring — 64.7 (108 plays)
DT Jamal Wallace — 62.0 (71 plays)
S Andre Turrentine — 61.8 (331 plays)
S Edrees Farooq — 60.7 (262 plays)
