Tennessee football turned in a 9-4 (4-4 SEC) record during the 2023 season— Josh Heupel’s third season as the Vols’ head coach. The Vols earned only one top 25 win while suffering losses to rivals Florida, Alabama and Georgia. But Tennessee didn’t let the wheels fall off and recorded a solid season.
Each week, we’ve posted Tennessee player’s individual grades in the weekly performance. Now with the season over, we take a look at Tennessee player’s full season grades.
If you need a reminder on how Pro Football Focus works, read the opening of the Virginia grades.
Let’s see how the Vols graded out.
Elite grade = 90-100, All-Conference = 85-89, Starter = 70-84, Backup = 60-69, Replaceable = 60 >
Team Grades
Overall: 85.7
Offense: 75.9
Pass: 72.0
Pass blocking: 65.6
Receiving: 69.8
Run: 91.4
Run blocking: 58.1
Defense: 87.5
Run defense: 75.8
Tackling: 75.3
Pass rush: 88.3
Coverage: 89.1
Special teams: 84.6
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Offensive Grades (minimum 150 plays)
RB Jaylen Wright — 90.5 (325 plays)
RB Dylan Sampson — 81.7 (296 plays)
QB Joe Milton III — 77.8 (772 plays)
WR Bru McCoy — 69.8 (231 plays)
WR Squirrel White — 68.9 (694 plays)
OG Javontez Spraggins — 67.9 (699 plays)
RB Jabari Small — 66.7 (227 plays)
WR Dont’e Thornton — 66.5 (214 plays)
TE McCallan Castles — 66.5 (442 plays)
OG Jackson Lampley — 66.3 (221 plays)
OT Gerald Mincey — 61.5 (578 plays)
WR Kaleb Webb — 61.5 (307 plays)
OT Dayne Davis — 60.8 (319 plays)
C Cooper Mays — 60.6 (531 plays)
WR Ramel Keyton — 60.1 (819 plays)
WR Chas Nimrod — 59.5 (361 plays)
OT John Campbell Jr. — 59.5 (538 plays)
OG Andrej Karic — 59.0 (247 plays)
OG/C Ollie Lane — 58.7 (775 plays)
TE Jacob Warren — 58.2 (441 plays)
OT Jeremiah Crawford — 48.6 (393 plays)
Defensive Grades (minimum 150 plays)
LEO James Pearce Jr. — 90.5 (462 plays)
S Jaylen McCollough — 86.2 (819 plays)
CB Kamal Hadden — 85.8 (311 plays)
DE Tyler Baron — 79.2 (444 plays)
LEO Joshua Josephs — 79.1 (197 plays)
STAR Tamarion McDonald — 76.3 (486 plays)
CB Gabe Jeudy-Lally — 74.6 (661 plays)
DT Elijah Simmons — 73.8 (191 plays)
LB Aaron Beasley — 71.6 (693 plays)
DT Omarr Norman-Lott — 71.6 (235 plays)
S Wesley Walker — 70.6 (636 plays)
LB Kalib Perry — 70.5 (202 plays)
LB Jeremiah Telander — 67.2 (190 plays)
STAR/S Jourdan Thomas — 66.4 (218 plays)
CB Rickey Gibson III — 66.1 (187 plays)
DT Omari Thomas — 64.7 (358 plays)
DE Tyre West — 63.5 (196 plays)
LEO Roman Harrison — 61.1 (315 plays)
S Andre Turrentine — 60.9 (307 plays)
DE Dominic Bailey — 60.1 (286 plays)
CB Doneiko Slaughter — 59.1 (387 plays)
DT Kurott Garland — 56.7 (317 plays)
DT Daevin Hobbs — 54.2 (169 plays)
DT Bryson Eason — 52.5 (303 plays)
LB Elijah Herring — 51.3 (580 plays)