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#1
Great game especially by Bishop, Staley

Offense

1. QB Joey Aguilar- 90.0 (66)

2. RB DeSean Bishop- 83.1 (31)

3. RB Peyton Lewis- 81.8 (17)

4. WR Braylon Staley- 80.3 (48)

5. RG Wendell Moe Jr- 77.2 (67)

6. RT Jesse Perry- 66.9 (45)

7. LT Lance Heard- 63.8 (67)

8. LG Shamurad Umarov- 62.8 (67)

8. C Sam Pendleton- 62.8 (48)

8. TE Miles Kitselman- 62.8 (57)

11. WR Mike Matthews- 62.4 (66)

12. RB Star Thomas- 62.2 (19)

13. Carson Gentle- 60.0

13. QB Jake Merklinger- 60.0 (1)

13. RT Brain Grant- 60.0 (1)

16. C William Satterwhite- 53.0 (19)

17. WR Chris Brazzell II- 51.5 (64)

18. RT David Sanders- 50.2 (22)

19. TE Jack Van Dorselaer 43.6 (31)

Defense

1. LB Joshua Jospehs- 87.0 (36)

2. LB Jadon Perlotte- 82.3 (9)

3. LB Jordan Ross- 81.7 (29)

4. DL Dominic Bailey- 74.4 (35)

5. LB Caleb Herring- 66.2 (32)

6. DB Edrees Farooq- 65.6 (65)

6. LB Jeremiah Tedlander- 65.6 (42)

8. DL Jaxson Moi- 64.8 (40)

9. CB William Wright- 64.5 (10)

10. DL Daevin Hobbs- 64.4 (34)

11. DL Bryson Eason- 64.3 (39)

12. CB Tyler Redmond- 64.0 (65)

13. LB Jordan Burns- 62.5 (2)

14. LB Ben Bolton- 62.2 (7)

15. DL Tyre West- 61.8 (24)

16. CB Colton Hood- 61.5 (76)

17. LB Arion Carter- 61.4 (65)

18. DB Sidney Walton- 60.9 (13)

19. DL Ethan Utley- 59.5 (39)

20. DB Jalen McMurray- 59.5 (39)

21. DL Nathan Robinson- 59.1 (20)

22. DL Isaiah Campbell- 57.8 (5)

23. DB Andre Turrentine- 57.6 (77)

24. CB Boo Carter- 57.2 (35)

25. DL Tyree Weathersby- 56.9 (22)

26. LB Edwin Spillman- 43.9 (36)
 
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#3
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WillisWG said:
Great game especially by Bishop, Staley

Offense

1. QB Joey Aguilar- 90.0 (66)

2. RB DeSean Bishop- 83.1 (31)

3. RB Peyton Lewis- 81.8 (17)

4. WR Braylon Staley- 80.3 (48)

5. RG Wendell Moe Jr- 77.2 (67)

6. RT Jesse Perry- 66.9 (45)

7. LT Lance Heard- 63.8 (67)

8. LG Shamurad Umarov- 62.8 (67)

8. C Sam Pendleton- 62.8 (48)

8. TE Miles Kitselman- 62.8 (57)

11. WR Mike Matthews- 62.4 (66)

12. RB Star Thomas- 62.2 (19)

13. Carson Gentle- 60.0

13. QB Jake Merklinger- 60.0 (1)

13. RT Brain Grant- 60.0 (1)

16. C William Satterwhite- 53.0 (19)

17. WR Chris Brazzell II- 51.5 (64)

18. RT David Sanders- 50.2 (22)

19. TE Jack Van Dorselaer 43.6 (31)

Defense

1. LB Joshua Jospehs- 87.0 (36)

2. LB Jadon Perlotte- 82.3 (9)

3. LB Jordan Ross- 81.7 (29)

4. DL Dominic Bailey- 74.4 (35)

5. LB Caleb Herring- 66.2 (32)

6. DB Edrees Farooq- 65.6 (65)

6. LB Jeremiah Tedlander- 65.6 (42)

8. DL Jaxson Moi- 64.8 (40)

9. CB William Wright- 64.5 (10)

10. DL Daevin Hobbs- 64.4 (34)

11. DL Bryson Eason- 64.3 (39)

12. CB Tyler Redmond- 64.0 (65)

13. LB Jordan Burns- 62.5 (2)

14. LB Ben Bolton- 62.2 (7)

15. DL Tyre West- 61.8 (24)

16. CB Colton Hood- 61.5 (76)

17. LB Arion Carter- 61.4 (65)

18. DB Sidney Walton- 60.9 (13)

19. DL Ethan Utley- 59.5 (39)

20. DB Jalen McMurray- 59.5 (39)

21. DL Nathan Robinson- 59.1 (20)

22. DL Isaiah Campbell- 57.8 (5)

23. DB Andre Turrentine- 57.6 (77)

24. CB Boo Carter- 57.2 (35)

25. DL Tyree Weathersby- 56.9 (22)

26. LB Edwin Spillman- 43.9 (36)
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I keep thinking some of these guys at the bottom of the list on defense will improve. Haven't really seen it yet.
 
#4
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Team Defensive Notes
  • The Vols logged four forced fumbles in Saturday's contest, marking its most in a single game of the Josh Heupel/Tim Banks era and its most in a single game overall since having four at Kentucky on Oct. 28, 2017.
  • Tennessee recovered three of the fumbles it forced, marking the fifth time in the last 20 seasons (2006-25) it had at least three fumble recoveries in one game.
    • The prior four instances are listed below.
      • Four at Kentucky on Oct. 28, 2017.
      • Five against Virginia Tech in Bristol, Tenn., on Sept. 10, 2016.
      • Three against Vanderbilt on Nov. 23, 2013.
      • Three against South Carolina on Oct. 31, 2009.
    • In addition, Saturday was the fourth time Tennessee recovered multiple fumbles under Heupel/Banks. The last such occurrence came on Sept. 21, 2024, at Oklahoma.
  • After giving up a touchdown to go down by seven, 17-10, with 4:36 left in the second quarter, the Tennessee defense did not allow a point for the next 26:29, until just 8:17 remained. During that time, the Volunteers scored 24 unanswered points.
  • Tennessee amassed five sacks during Saturday's contest after racking up six during the prior contest at Mississippi State. The Vols entered Week 7 tied for second in the FBS with 21 sacks and now have 26 on the season.
  • By forcing three turnovers and committing none on the other side of the ball, Tennessee finished plus-three in the turnover margin in an SEC game for the second time in the last seven years.
    • The prior instance—also in the Josh Heupel era—came on Oct. 29, 2022, versus Kentucky, when the Volunteers had three takeaways and no giveaways.
Individual Defensive Notes
  • Sophomore DL Jordan Ross created the first takeaway of the game with his first-career strip sack in the first quarter, recovering the fumble as well and returning it 10 yards.
    • The play also marked the first forced fumble and the first fumble recovery of Ross' career.
    • The Vols, who came into the game leading the SEC this season in forced fumbles, have forced and recovered a fumble in five of six contests this season.
  • In his season debut, junior DL Daevin Hobbs recorded five tackles in the first half alone to set a new career high for a full game. One of the tackles was his first-career solo sack, doubling his career sacks total.
  • With 9:47 remaining in the third quarter, sophomore DB Edrees Farooq tallied the first forced fumble of his career and junior LB Arion Cartercame up with the ball for the first fumble recovery of his career.
    • Additionally, Farooq capped the night with nine tackles to set his career high.
  • Tennessee recorded another fumble inside the 20-yard-line—this time on the Arkansas side of the field—on the second play of the fourth quarter. Senior DL Joshua Josephs registered his sixth-career forced fumble, and freshman LB Jadon Perlotte picked it up for his first collegiate fumble recovery.
  • Redshirt senior DB Andre Turrentine accumulated a career-high-tying 11 tackles, his third collegiate performance with double digit stops. All three have come this season in SEC play.
 
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Individual Offensive Notes
  • Redshirt freshman WR Braylon Staley reached triple-digit receiving yards for the first time in his career, finishing the night with six grabs for 109 yards. In the first half alone, he hauled in five receptions for 105 yards.
    • The 42-yard grab by Staley late in the second quarter marked the second-longest catch of his career.
    • Staley has now recorded 95-plus yards in half of Tennessee's games this season after logging 21 receiving yards during his entire freshman season in 2024.
  • Senior TE Miles Kitselman pulled in his second receiving touchdown of the season with an 8-yard grab to tie the game at 17-17 with 2:52 remaining in the first half. He finish the game with a season-best five catches for 56 yards.
    • Vol tight ends have scored touchdowns in three of six games this season and four out of the last seven regular season contests.
    • In the Josh Heupel era (since 2021), tight ends have accounted for 32 touchdowns – 26 receiving and six rushing.
  • Redshirt sophomore RB DeSean Bishop amassed 100-plus rushing yards for the second time as a collegian, finishing with a career-best 146 yards on 14 carries. He entered triple digits within the first minute of the third quarter and had his career high before the end of the period.
    • Bishop became the fourth Tennessee running back—QB Joshua Dobbs did it twice—in the last 19 seasons (2007-25) to total 140-plus rushing yards and average 10-plus yards per carry, including the only one to do so in a home SEC contest. Two of the prior three instances—all of which are listed below—also came under Josh Heupel.
      • Jaylen Wright had 160 yards on five carries at Vanderbilt on Nov. 26, 2022.
      • Tiyon Evans had 156 yards on 15 carries at Missouri on Oct. 2, 2021.
      • Ty Chandler had 158 yards on 12 carries versus UTEP on Sept. 15, 2018.
    • Entering Saturday, just one other SEC running back—Missouri's Ahmad Hardy, who did it twice—had a game this season with 140-plus rushing yards while averaging 10-plus yards per carry. Arkansas quarterback Taylen Green also previously achieved the feat in 2025.
      • The last running back to notch that line in SEC play was Arkansas' Braylen Russell, who did so on Oct. 26, 2024, at Mississippi State. The last to do it, regardless of position, was Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe on Nov. 9, 2024, at LSU.
  • Sophomore RB Peyton Lewis plunged in for a pair of rushing touchdowns in the second half, carding his second career game with multiple touchdown rushes. His scores came from two and three yards out.
    • The Vols have posted three multi-touchdown efforts on the ground this season, with Star Thomas notching three against ETSU on Sept. 6 and DeSean Bishop notching two against UAB on Sept. 20.
  • Senior QB Joey Aguilar completed 16-of-25 passes for 221 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions. The Vol signal caller has thrown for over 200 yards in all 30 FBS starts of his career, which is the longest active streak in Division I.
    • Aguilar also rushed for 59 yards on five carries, including a 28-yard tote late in the fourth quarter.
      • The 59 yards for Aguilar marked the second-most of his career and his third time—first as a Volunteer—notching at least 50.
      • The 11.8 yards per carry for Aguilar far surpassed his prior career best of 8.7 per rush, set on Nov. 2, 2024, against Old Dominion, during his tenure at Appalachian State.
      • Aguilar is the fourth SEC quarterback—sixth occurrence— in the last three seasons (2023-25) to amass 55-plus rushing yards while averaging at least 10 yards per carry.
        • Alabama's Jalen Milroe (once in 2024), LSU's Jayden Daniels (three times in 2023) and Arkansas' Jacolby Criswell (once in 2023) are the only others to do it over that stretch.
 
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Vol in Buckeye Land said:
Rough day for Spillman if you put any stock in these. I did not realize Sanders played so much. When was Gentle in on offense, the I formation play we ran late?
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always with a grain of salt but yes he had a bad day with it getting under his skin which probably led to the targeting call.
 
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#10
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dduncan4163 said:
Yeah, I'm starting to wonder if the light is ever gonna come on. He's a head case
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Most times, the troubled athletes weed themselves out before they get to the pros. Sometimes, you will get a Pac-Man, Antonio Brown, or Lawrence Phillips that get through. Sometimes they turn it around, other times they don't make it.
 
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Basically no one played well on defense. When you’re top two leading tacklers are DBs you’re in trouble.

We were lucky to win that game because we had (again a DB) just happen to get a shoulder pad on that run in the red zone that forced the fumble when Ark was about to score again. Had that not happened we may have lost the game.

I’m not saying anything most everyone doesn’t see but we have some serious problems on defense and anyone who thinks if we can just get McCoy back we’re going to be ok isn’t really paying attention.
 
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UT97Vol said:
Basically no one played well on defense. When you’re top two leading tacklers are DBs you’re in trouble.

We were lucky to win that game because we had (again a DB) just happen to get a shoulder pad on that run in the red zone that forced the fumble when Ark was about to score again. Had that not happened we may have lost the game.

I’m not saying anything most everyone doesn’t see but we have some serious problems on defense and anyone who thinks if we can just get McCoy back we’re going to be ok isn’t really paying attention.
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One might also argue that that the imbalance in penalties kept Arkansas in the game. IIRC at one point it was 10 to 0. All of our penalties may have been legit but it’s hard to believe ark played that clean. Penalties stalled several drives that would have stretched our lead. I also think you can’t ignore this defense‘s ability to sack the qb, create turnovers and negative plays. Something we do consistently. Our inability to stop the run and get off the field on third and fourth down are consistent issues however. At this point it’s hard to know if this is just who we are or can it be fixed.
 
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Franklin_Vol09 said:
Boo had a rough day. Took plays off and was behind on most plays. He has elite talent but has to put it together.
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He was not locked in. Guys who aren’t locked in should not be on the field and maybe not on the team. There was an unacceptable lack of effort at times in that game.

Farooq is graded higher than I expected. His tackling technique continues to be a problem. Perlotte needs to be in the starting rotation, maybe to spell Carter who is playing hurt.
 
#18
#18
Houstonvol1 said:
One might also argue that that the imbalance in penalties kept Arkansas in the game. IIRC at one point it was 10 to 0. All of our penalties may have been legit but it’s hard to believe ark played that clean. Penalties stalled several drives that would have stretched our lead. I also think you can’t ignore this defense‘s ability to sack the qb, create turnovers and negative plays. Something we do consistently. Our inability to stop the run and get off the field on third and fourth down are consistent issues however. At this point it’s hard to know if this is just who we are or can it be fixed.
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Playing disciplined football has never been a staple since Heupel has been here.

And Ark would have had a few more penalties...we turned down at least 2.
 
#19
#19
Kadion Salter was PFF QB of the week. We had four Vols in the ALL SEC Team of the week. Zero on defense (imagine that 🤣).

QB: Joey Aguilar, Tennessee
RB: DeSean Bishop, Tennessee
WR: Braylon Staley, Tennessee
RG: Wendell Moe Jr., Tennessee

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College Football Week 7: Team of the Week, Player Awards

Texas Tech's David Bailey and Colorado's Kaidon Salter headline the PFF College Football Team of the Week.
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#22
#22
WillisWG said:
Great game especially by Bishop, Staley

Offense

1. QB Joey Aguilar- 90.0 (66)

2. RB DeSean Bishop- 83.1 (31)

3. RB Peyton Lewis- 81.8 (17)

4. WR Braylon Staley- 80.3 (48)

5. RG Wendell Moe Jr- 77.2 (67)

6. RT Jesse Perry- 66.9 (45)

7. LT Lance Heard- 63.8 (67)

8. LG Shamurad Umarov- 62.8 (67)

8. C Sam Pendleton- 62.8 (48)

8. TE Miles Kitselman- 62.8 (57)

11. WR Mike Matthews- 62.4 (66)

12. RB Star Thomas- 62.2 (19)

13. Carson Gentle- 60.0

13. QB Jake Merklinger- 60.0 (1)

13. RT Brain Grant- 60.0 (1)

16. C William Satterwhite- 53.0 (19)

17. WR Chris Brazzell II- 51.5 (64)

18. RT David Sanders- 50.2 (22)

19. TE Jack Van Dorselaer 43.6 (31)

Defense

1. LB Joshua Jospehs- 87.0 (36)

2. LB Jadon Perlotte- 82.3 (9)

3. LB Jordan Ross- 81.7 (29)

4. DL Dominic Bailey- 74.4 (35)

5. LB Caleb Herring- 66.2 (32)

6. DB Edrees Farooq- 65.6 (65)

6. LB Jeremiah Tedlander- 65.6 (42)

8. DL Jaxson Moi- 64.8 (40)

9. CB William Wright- 64.5 (10)

10. DL Daevin Hobbs- 64.4 (34)

11. DL Bryson Eason- 64.3 (39)

12. CB Tyler Redmond- 64.0 (65)

13. LB Jordan Burns- 62.5 (2)

14. LB Ben Bolton- 62.2 (7)

15. DL Tyre West- 61.8 (24)

16. CB Colton Hood- 61.5 (76)

17. LB Arion Carter- 61.4 (65)

18. DB Sidney Walton- 60.9 (13)

19. DL Ethan Utley- 59.5 (39)

20. DB Jalen McMurray- 59.5 (39)

21. DL Nathan Robinson- 59.1 (20)

22. DL Isaiah Campbell- 57.8 (5)

23. DB Andre Turrentine- 57.6 (77)

24. CB Boo Carter- 57.2 (35)

25. DL Tyree Weathersby- 56.9 (22)

26. LB Edwin Spillman- 43.9 (36)
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How was Merk only 60, when all he did was take the snap and hand it off. He did that to perfection.
 
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#24
I'm just reading these notes on the defense and giggling because so many fans complained about the defense yesterday, and still are! I know the stats make it look bad, but come on! We forced 4 fumbles in one game and recovered 3 of them! There were other bright defensive spots too! Yesterday was IMO our best combined effort in all 3 phases.
 
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