4. Injuries
The possibility of injuries looms for every team, every year. It doesn’t discriminate against favorites or underdogs. UT, at least as of early July, appears set to go into fall camp relatively healthy, but the injury bug has been a bit unkind of the Vols over the past couple of years.
And while some will be inevitable, the key will be who goes down, and for what portion of the season. If Tennessee were to lose some combination of Jalen Hurd, Alvin Kamara, Joshua Dobbs, Cam Sutton, Jalen Reeves-Maybin and Derek Barnett for the four-game SEC gauntlet (Florida, UGA, A&M, Alabama), that could significantly alter the course of the season.
