Tennessee Depth by Class 2023

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Depth by class is a concept that provides at-a-glance information about the health of each position group in terms of age and experience and where upcoming needs may be. For example, if all of your offensive tackles are juniors and seniors, you know that is a position of need in recruiting--in fact it may be too late to shore up that position for future success (I'm looking at you, Derrick Dooley). 

This used to be pretty straight-forward. However, the transfer portal has made the end of a player's eligibility unpredictable as a player can at any time decide to dip out of the program altogether. The extra year of eligibility given to players in 2020 has also made tracking a player's remaining years more difficult. And on top of that, even the school's official roster does not make it clear when a player has used a redshirt season. 

With those factors in mind, please excuse any errors in the chart below. Send suggestions/corrections to cornfromajar@gmail.com.

TENNESSEE FOOTBALL DEPTH BY CLASS 2023
Position	Incoming Freshmen	RS Freshmen (c/o 2026)	Sophomores (c/o 2025)	Juniors (c/o 2024)	Seniors (c/o 2023)
QB (4)	Nico Iamalavea		Navy Shuler	Gaston Moore	Joe Milton
RB (6)	Khalifa Keith Desean Bishop	Patrick Wilk	Dylan Sampson	Jaylen Wright	Jabari Small
WR (12)	Nathan Leacock Nate Spillman	Chas Nimrod Trey Weary Kaleb Webb	Squirrel White Nigel Lanier	Dont'e Thornton Jack Jancek	Bru McCoy Ramel Keyton Michael Bittner
TE (5)	Ethan Davis		Charlie Browder	Hunter Salmon	Jacob Warren McCallen Castles
OT (9)	Larry Johnson Trevor Duncan	Connor Meadows Brian Grant		Andrej Karic Gerald Mincey Dane Davis	Jeremiah Crawford John Campbell
IOL (11)	Shamurad Umarov Vysen Lang Ayden Bussell	Mo Clipper Masai Reddick Addison Nichols	Jackson Lampley	Cooper Mays Parker Ball Javontez Spraggins
DT (9)			Camron Douglas Joshua Helsdon Amari McNeill Jayson Jenkins	Bryson Eason Omarr Norman-Lott	Omari Thomas Elijah Simmons Da'Jon Terry Kurrott Garland
DE (5)	Caleb Herring Chandavian Bradley		Tyre West	Dominic Bailey	Tyler Baron
LEO (3)			Joshua Josephs James Pearce Jr.		Roman Harrison
LB (13)	Arion Carter Jalen Smith Jeremiah Tealander		Kalib Perry Elijah Herring Mekhi Bigelow Ben Bolton Caleb Williams		Keenan Pili Kwauze Garland Aaron Beasley Matt Gaca Jackson Hannah
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CB (10)	Jordan Matthews Ricky Gibson Cristian Conyer		Jerrod Gentry	Christian Charles Lucien Brunetti	Warren Burrell Gabriel Jeudy-Lally Kamal Hadden Dee Williams
S (14)	John Slaughter Jack Luttrell	Cameron Miller Jourdan Thomas Derek Taylor	Andre Turrentine Christian Harrison	De'Shawn Rucker Will Brooks	Doneiko Slaughter Jaylen McCollough Brandon Turnage Tamarian McDonald Wesley Walker
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returning starters in bold projected starters in italics last updated 1/30/2023