Tennessee football’s season opener against Virginia is less than 100 days away. The opener in Nashville will be the first test for a new look Tennessee offense that has to replace an abundance of key players in its passing game.
The Vols lost Hendon Hooker, Jalin Hyatt, Cedric Tillman and Darnell Wright to the NFL Draft but return a handful of key contributors.
Let’s take a look at Tennessee’s top returning offensive players according to their PFF grades from last season. If you need a reminder on how Pro Football Focus works, read the opening of the Ball State grades.
Elite grade = 90-100, All-Conference = 85-89, Starter = 70-84, Backup = 60-69, Replaceable = 60 >
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Offensive Grades
QB Joe Milton III — 86.9 (203 plays)
RB Jaylen Wright — 80.3 (364 plays)
RB Jabari Small — 79.9 (467 plays)
WR Jack Jancek — 78.8 (22 plays)
WR Squirrel White — 78.1 (236 plays)
OG Jackson Lampley — 73.2 (83 plays)
RB Dylan Sampson — 71.1 (129 plays)
OG Ollie Lane — 69.3 (123 plays)
RB Patrick Wilk — 68.2 (17 plays)
WR Bru McCoy — 67.0 (790 plays)
WR Ramel Keyton — 65.2 (591 plays)
C Cooper Mays — 64.0 (894 plays)
TE Hunter Salmon — 63.5 (92 plays)
C Addison Nichols — 62.2 (12 plays)
OT Connor Meadows — 60.2 (4 plays)
OG Gus Hill — 60.2 (4 plays)
C Parker Ball — 59.6 (107 plays)
OT Dayne Davis — 59.4 (131 plays)
QB Gaston Moore — 57.4 (12 plays)
OG Mo Clipper Jr. — 56.2 (15 plays)
OT Gerald Mincey — 56.2 (457 plays)
TE Jacob Warren — 55.5 (472 plays)
OG Braeden Krivosh — 55.2 (10 plays)
OG Masai Reddick — 54.9 (4 plays)
WR Michael Bittner — 54.9 (10 plays)
WR Chas Nimrod — 54.8 (26 plays)
TE Charlie Browder — 54.4 (9 plays)
OG Javontez Spraggins — 52.8 (891 plays)
OT Brian Grant — 49.4 (10 plays)
OT Jeremiah Crawford — 46.5 (424 plays)
QB Navy Shuler — 33.3 (2 plays)
