Running Backs
John Kelly had himself another solid day, but what’s new for the junior? Kelly led the Vols in both rushing and receiving as he racked up 140 yards of total offense on 23 touches. Carlin Fils-Aime had only three carries, but two of them went for scores, including an impressive 30-yard touchdown run. Tim Jordan, Ty Chandler, and Trey Coleman all had playing time as well, and all in all the Vols’ running backs combined to run for 166 yards on 33 carries.
Nathanael: A
Will: A
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It looked like a B performance all around, it seemed you WR/TE and D-line grades were a little low. Fewer drop (maybe 2) and none by the TE’s. WR bailed out average throws by the QB’s (Palmer’s catch on RPO, that should have been a TD catch and both of Johnson and Calloway TD catches) Even George’s drop on GITMO’s second quarter deep attempt was an underthrown ball to a WR who was behind the defender.
The D-line didn’t rack up many stats but three come to mind, they gave up one TD drive of 44 yards, gave up a long run of 13 yards, and 10 of ISU 13 possessions were 4 plays or less. It doesn’t matter how you are playing a team can create stats like that with average D-line play. I didn’t even mention 3rd down conversions.
Go big Orange and keep up the good work