Freshman David Sanders Making First Start For Tennessee Football Against Kentucky
Tennessee football has gone with the same starting offensive line in each of its games this season. But they’re making a change on Saturday night at Kentucky, giving freshman right tackle David Sanders Jr his first career start. Sanders missed time early in the season before making his debut against Mississippi State. Even after making […]
Josh Heupel Confirms This Position Group Will Continue To See Rotations With Added Depth Piece
Tennessee used a good amount of rotation with its offensive line in its loss to Alabama on Saturday night in Tuscaloosa. The Vols had seven different players play the five spots on the offensive line, though offensive tackle Bennett Warren and center William Satterwhite only played six snaps and three snaps, respectively. Lance Heard played […]
How Tennessee Football Split Up Offensive Line Snaps Between Eight Linemen vs. Alabama
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 […]
David Sanders ‘Going to Play’, Josh Heupel Not Ready to Say if He’ll Start for Tennessee Football
In Tennessee football’s overtime road win over Mississippi State, freshman offensive tackle David Sanders Jr. made his college debut. It didn’t come as a starter, though. Instead, the Vols rolled with their same lineup, with Jesse Perry playing right tackle. However, on the game-tying drive near the end of regulation, Perry went down with an […]
Josh Heupel Used These Two Freshmen Performances As Positive Example To Tennessee Football Team This Week
Each Monday, Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel shows his team a compilation of clips from the football weekend that just ended. Sometimes those are clips from Tennessee’s game or unique situations in other games that Heupel uses to prepare his team for different peculiar situations that could emerge each week. But following Tennessee football’s 41-34 […]
What Tennessee Football Freshman OL David Sanders Did in College Debut at Mississippi State
For the first time this season, Tennessee football freshman offensive lineman David Sanders Jr. saw the field. After dealing with a unique upper-body injury, Sanders was cleared to play at Mississippi State for his college debut. However, with the offensive line playing well without him, Josh Heupel opted to keep Jesse Perry at right tackle […]
Tennessee Football Freshman OL David Sanders Jr. Available for College Debut
Tennessee freshman offensive lineman David Sanders Jr. is finally available for the first time in his college career. After missing the first four games of the season due to an upper-body injury, Sanders has been cleared to play and is off the Vols’ availability report before playing Mississippi State. However, it’s unclear what his role […]
Tennessee Football vs. Mississippi State: Game Day Availability Report
The game day availability report for Tennessee football’s matchup with Mississippi State is here. With the Vols dealing with a good bit of injury, it’s a busy report for UT with a good number of familiar names. On Saturday, just before kickoff, both offensive lineman David Sanders Jr. and defensive lineman Jaxson Moi are cleared […]
Tennessee OT David Sanders Upgraded On Friday Injury Report, Nearing College Debut
Tennessee upgraded offensive tackle David Sanders to “probable” on its Friday night injury report ahead of its matchup with Mississippi State The Vols previously listed Sanders as questionable on the first two injury reports of the week while he works back the “unique” injury that he suffered in practice the week of Tennessee’s season opener […]
Tennessee Football vs. Mississippi State: Friday Availability Report
The Friday availability report for Tennessee football’s matchup with Mississippi State is here. With the Vols dealing with a good bit of injury, it’s a busy report for UT with a good number of familiar names. On Friday, there were multiple changes with a trio of extra Vols ruled out and one promoted to probable. […]