dduncan4163
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https://www.seccountry.com/sec/best-of-the-sec-east-ranking-the-2016-offenses
1. TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS
Strength: Versatile ground game
Weakness: No home-run passing threat
Best Player: RB Jalen Hurd
The Vols made huge strides in coordinator Mike DeBords first season, leading the East in scoring, rushing and total offense in 2015. Now all the weapons are back. Senior quarterback Joshua Dobbs, with 1,329 yards and 20 touchdowns on the ground in his career, is the SECs most dangerous runner at the position. Hes coming off his best passing season, too, in which he threw three times as many touchdowns as interceptions.
But all the pieces around Dobbs mean he wont have to carry the offense. Theres a veteran line, led by top-shelf guards Jashon Robertson and Dylan Wiesman, a loaded backfield and seven of the top eight receivers from last fall returning.
About that backfield: the thunder-and-lightning combination of 6-4, 240-pound Jalen Hurd and 5-10 speedster Alvin Kamara might just be the best duo in the league. With 2,187 career rushing yards, Hurd is on pace to break Travis Henrys school record. Kamara produced almost 1,100 all-purpose yards last season and scored touchdowns rushing, receiving and on a punt return.
If were looking for a nit to pick: no receiver had more than 405 yards last season and none ranked top-20 in the league in yards per reception, so theres no dominant vertical presence in the passing game. But will UT even need one?
I think this goes without saying but it sure is nice to see the media drooling over us again. It's been to damn long
Go Vols
1. TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS
Strength: Versatile ground game
Weakness: No home-run passing threat
Best Player: RB Jalen Hurd
The Vols made huge strides in coordinator Mike DeBords first season, leading the East in scoring, rushing and total offense in 2015. Now all the weapons are back. Senior quarterback Joshua Dobbs, with 1,329 yards and 20 touchdowns on the ground in his career, is the SECs most dangerous runner at the position. Hes coming off his best passing season, too, in which he threw three times as many touchdowns as interceptions.
But all the pieces around Dobbs mean he wont have to carry the offense. Theres a veteran line, led by top-shelf guards Jashon Robertson and Dylan Wiesman, a loaded backfield and seven of the top eight receivers from last fall returning.
About that backfield: the thunder-and-lightning combination of 6-4, 240-pound Jalen Hurd and 5-10 speedster Alvin Kamara might just be the best duo in the league. With 2,187 career rushing yards, Hurd is on pace to break Travis Henrys school record. Kamara produced almost 1,100 all-purpose yards last season and scored touchdowns rushing, receiving and on a punt return.
If were looking for a nit to pick: no receiver had more than 405 yards last season and none ranked top-20 in the league in yards per reception, so theres no dominant vertical presence in the passing game. But will UT even need one?
I think this goes without saying but it sure is nice to see the media drooling over us again. It's been to damn long
Go Vols
