As a reminder, this is the PFF grading scale.
< 50 = Backup
50-59 = Below average starter
60-69 = Average starter
70-79 = Above average starter
80-89 = Very good
90-99 = Elite
1 — Josh Palmer — 71.9 (45 snaps)
2 — Ramel Keyton — 68.5 (41)
3 — Brandon Johnson — 67.6 (25)
4 — Eric Gray — 67.3 (36)
5 — K’Rojhn Calbert — 60.0 (1)
6 — Trey Smith — 60.0 (64)
7 — Riley Locklear — 60.0 (1)
8 — Javontez Spraggins — 59.7 (3)
9 — Ty Chandler — 56.7 (28)
10 — Jimmy Holiday — 55.5 (5)
11 — Jimmy Calloway — 55.0 (5)
12 — Cooper Mays — 54.9 (3)
13 — Princeton Fant — 52.9 (32)
14 — Darnell Wright — 52.7 (62)
15 — Cade Mays — 52.7 (64)
16 — Jalin Hyatt — 51.4 (30)
17 — Brandon Kennedy — 50.7 (64)
18 — Jacob Warren — 47.4 (34)
19 — Jarrett Guarantano — 45.4 (64)
20 — Velus Jones Jr. — 45.3 (13)
21 — Wanya Morris — 39.3 (64)
These numbers aren’t really a surprise after what we all saw on Saturday. The fact that Josh Palmer is the only offensive player with a 70+ grade backs up his performance. He had four catches for 71 yards and two touchdowns, pretty much the only guy on offense to show up.
Not surprisingly the offensive line grades are essentially all failing ones. Trey Smith at 60.0 was at the top of the list. Wanya Morris had the lowest Grade at 39.3 that I can recall seeing for any player in three years of following the PFF numbers.
Brandon Kennedy graded out well as far as pass blocking according to PFF (81.8). Smith was next at 69.9. After that it was abysmal. Darnell Wright came in at 51.0, Mays was at 32.9 and Morris was at 32.1.
On first watch it looked like the running backs had a really bad day in pass protection. PFF agreed, Gray graded out at 28.3 on pass blocking, Chandler got a 20.3.
Not surprisingly after a three turnover day Guarantano was graded harshly at 45.3. Pretty much impossible to win when your quarterback puts up that number.
A big topic on the board this week has been Tennessee’s use of the middle of the field in the passing game. Well, the Vols attempted two passes over the middle beyond 10 yards going 1-for-2 and attempted zero passes over 20 yards between the hashmarks.
Guarantano had two completions over 20 yards on the day, both down the right side and both to Palmer for touchdowns. Overall he was 2-of-7 on throws over 20 yards.
Guarantano attempted 36 passes on the day, 21 of those attempts were under 10 yards and six of them were at or behind the line of scrimmage.
After two weeks of doing a solid job of pushing the ball down the field the Vols were largely inept in that department outside of Palmer’s two big catches.
According to PFF Guarantano was 19-of-27 for 184 yards and 2 TDs when he wasn’t pressured, getting a grade of 86.0 . When ‘pressured he was 3-of-8 for 31 yards and one INT with a grade of 19.3.
Tennessee didn’t find success on the ground in any direction. There were only 16 called runs to tailbacks which resulted in 36 yards gained. The longest run of the day went for eight yards, a run over right end from Gray.
Tennessee called six running plays in the interior of the line, between right guard and left guard, that netted 16 yards on the day.
1 — Aaron Beasley — 81.8 (5 snaps)
2 — Latrell Bumphus — 78.6 (41)
3 — Jaylen McCollough — 76.0 (73)
4 — Roman Harrison — 75.5 (17)
5 — Aubrey Solomon — 74.4 (12)
6 — Morven Joseph — 73.1 (7)
7 — Kivon Bennett — 70.9 (51)
8 — Kenneth George Jr. — 70.8 (32)
9 — Quavaris Crouch — 70.5 (31)
10 — Trevon Flowers — 69.8 (79)
11 — Matthew Butler — 65.6 (49)
12 — Henry To’o To’o — 63.5 (78)
13 — Darrel Middleton — 63.5 (41)
14 — Bryce Thompson — 62.5 (77)
15 — John Mincey — 62.0 (13)
16 — Key Lawrence — 61.5 (3)
17 — Omari Thomas — 58.6 (6)
18 — Ja’Quain Blakely — 56.0 (11)
19 — Shawn Shamburger — 55.7 (39)
20 — Greg Emerson — 54.7 (17)
21 — Tyler Baron — 52.9 (35)
22 — Deandre Johnson — 52.4 (9)
23 — Elijah Simmons — 48.7 (27)
24 — Jeremy Banks — 46.1 (48)
25 — Theo Jackson — 46.0 (15)
26 — Alontae Taylor — 43.6 (59)
27 — Kurot Garland — 41.3 (37)
For the most part I thought these numbers were a pretty good reflection of what we saw on Saturday. The defense played some solid football until they ran out of gas because the offense couldn’t move the chains in the second half.
As opposed to the offense which had one guy grade out at 70+ the defense had seven primary contributors hit that mark (tossing out Beasley, Harrison and Joseph while rounding Flowers up from 69.8).
I’m a little perplexed at seeing To’o To’o get slapped with a 63.5 after watching him record 11 tackles against the ‘Dawgs, but there’s always a grade or two like that every week where it doesn’t seem like I was watching the same game the PFF folks were.
It looked like a tough day for the secondary and the PFF grades reflected that with Shamburger (55.7), Theo Jackson (46.0) and Taylor (43.6) all getting dinged pretty good.
Crouch looks like he’s making some solid strides as he gets more experience. He was 70+ for the first time this year and graded out as the Vols’ best tackler with an 81.8.
McCollough got the Vols’ highest coverage grade of the season at 88.3. Flowers was next at 75.5.
The grades of Banks (34.8), Taylor (41.3), Jackson (42.5) and Shamburger (54.2) reflect the struggles the Vols’ had in coverage.
Shamburger was targeted four times and gave up three receptions for 58 yards, all to Kearis Jackson. Banks was targeted four times and gave up four receptions for 59 yards. To’o To’o was targeted four times and gave three catches for 39 yards.
Georgia simply feasted over the middle of the field. The Bulldogs passed for 238 yards on the day, 158 of those yards came over the middle. Georgia was 4-of-5 on throws over the middle between 10-20 yards and 7-of-9 between the hashmarks on throws of 10 yards or less.
< 50 = Backup
50-59 = Below average starter
60-69 = Average starter
70-79 = Above average starter
80-89 = Very good
90-99 = Elite
1 — Josh Palmer — 71.9 (45 snaps)
2 — Ramel Keyton — 68.5 (41)
3 — Brandon Johnson — 67.6 (25)
4 — Eric Gray — 67.3 (36)
5 — K’Rojhn Calbert — 60.0 (1)
6 — Trey Smith — 60.0 (64)
7 — Riley Locklear — 60.0 (1)
8 — Javontez Spraggins — 59.7 (3)
9 — Ty Chandler — 56.7 (28)
10 — Jimmy Holiday — 55.5 (5)
11 — Jimmy Calloway — 55.0 (5)
12 — Cooper Mays — 54.9 (3)
13 — Princeton Fant — 52.9 (32)
14 — Darnell Wright — 52.7 (62)
15 — Cade Mays — 52.7 (64)
16 — Jalin Hyatt — 51.4 (30)
17 — Brandon Kennedy — 50.7 (64)
18 — Jacob Warren — 47.4 (34)
19 — Jarrett Guarantano — 45.4 (64)
20 — Velus Jones Jr. — 45.3 (13)
21 — Wanya Morris — 39.3 (64)
These numbers aren’t really a surprise after what we all saw on Saturday. The fact that Josh Palmer is the only offensive player with a 70+ grade backs up his performance. He had four catches for 71 yards and two touchdowns, pretty much the only guy on offense to show up.
Not surprisingly the offensive line grades are essentially all failing ones. Trey Smith at 60.0 was at the top of the list. Wanya Morris had the lowest Grade at 39.3 that I can recall seeing for any player in three years of following the PFF numbers.
Brandon Kennedy graded out well as far as pass blocking according to PFF (81.8). Smith was next at 69.9. After that it was abysmal. Darnell Wright came in at 51.0, Mays was at 32.9 and Morris was at 32.1.
On first watch it looked like the running backs had a really bad day in pass protection. PFF agreed, Gray graded out at 28.3 on pass blocking, Chandler got a 20.3.
Not surprisingly after a three turnover day Guarantano was graded harshly at 45.3. Pretty much impossible to win when your quarterback puts up that number.
A big topic on the board this week has been Tennessee’s use of the middle of the field in the passing game. Well, the Vols attempted two passes over the middle beyond 10 yards going 1-for-2 and attempted zero passes over 20 yards between the hashmarks.
Guarantano had two completions over 20 yards on the day, both down the right side and both to Palmer for touchdowns. Overall he was 2-of-7 on throws over 20 yards.
Guarantano attempted 36 passes on the day, 21 of those attempts were under 10 yards and six of them were at or behind the line of scrimmage.
After two weeks of doing a solid job of pushing the ball down the field the Vols were largely inept in that department outside of Palmer’s two big catches.
According to PFF Guarantano was 19-of-27 for 184 yards and 2 TDs when he wasn’t pressured, getting a grade of 86.0 . When ‘pressured he was 3-of-8 for 31 yards and one INT with a grade of 19.3.
Tennessee didn’t find success on the ground in any direction. There were only 16 called runs to tailbacks which resulted in 36 yards gained. The longest run of the day went for eight yards, a run over right end from Gray.
Tennessee called six running plays in the interior of the line, between right guard and left guard, that netted 16 yards on the day.
1 — Aaron Beasley — 81.8 (5 snaps)
2 — Latrell Bumphus — 78.6 (41)
3 — Jaylen McCollough — 76.0 (73)
4 — Roman Harrison — 75.5 (17)
5 — Aubrey Solomon — 74.4 (12)
6 — Morven Joseph — 73.1 (7)
7 — Kivon Bennett — 70.9 (51)
8 — Kenneth George Jr. — 70.8 (32)
9 — Quavaris Crouch — 70.5 (31)
10 — Trevon Flowers — 69.8 (79)
11 — Matthew Butler — 65.6 (49)
12 — Henry To’o To’o — 63.5 (78)
13 — Darrel Middleton — 63.5 (41)
14 — Bryce Thompson — 62.5 (77)
15 — John Mincey — 62.0 (13)
16 — Key Lawrence — 61.5 (3)
17 — Omari Thomas — 58.6 (6)
18 — Ja’Quain Blakely — 56.0 (11)
19 — Shawn Shamburger — 55.7 (39)
20 — Greg Emerson — 54.7 (17)
21 — Tyler Baron — 52.9 (35)
22 — Deandre Johnson — 52.4 (9)
23 — Elijah Simmons — 48.7 (27)
24 — Jeremy Banks — 46.1 (48)
25 — Theo Jackson — 46.0 (15)
26 — Alontae Taylor — 43.6 (59)
27 — Kurot Garland — 41.3 (37)
For the most part I thought these numbers were a pretty good reflection of what we saw on Saturday. The defense played some solid football until they ran out of gas because the offense couldn’t move the chains in the second half.
As opposed to the offense which had one guy grade out at 70+ the defense had seven primary contributors hit that mark (tossing out Beasley, Harrison and Joseph while rounding Flowers up from 69.8).
I’m a little perplexed at seeing To’o To’o get slapped with a 63.5 after watching him record 11 tackles against the ‘Dawgs, but there’s always a grade or two like that every week where it doesn’t seem like I was watching the same game the PFF folks were.
It looked like a tough day for the secondary and the PFF grades reflected that with Shamburger (55.7), Theo Jackson (46.0) and Taylor (43.6) all getting dinged pretty good.
Crouch looks like he’s making some solid strides as he gets more experience. He was 70+ for the first time this year and graded out as the Vols’ best tackler with an 81.8.
McCollough got the Vols’ highest coverage grade of the season at 88.3. Flowers was next at 75.5.
The grades of Banks (34.8), Taylor (41.3), Jackson (42.5) and Shamburger (54.2) reflect the struggles the Vols’ had in coverage.
Shamburger was targeted four times and gave up three receptions for 58 yards, all to Kearis Jackson. Banks was targeted four times and gave up four receptions for 59 yards. To’o To’o was targeted four times and gave three catches for 39 yards.
Georgia simply feasted over the middle of the field. The Bulldogs passed for 238 yards on the day, 158 of those yards came over the middle. Georgia was 4-of-5 on throws over the middle between 10-20 yards and 7-of-9 between the hashmarks on throws of 10 yards or less.
