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The industry calls them 50/50 balls. They’re the downfield passes to a receiver in one-on-one coverage. The outcome is supposed to be about equal of whether the receiver catches the pass or the defender breaks it up. In Callaway’s case, those passes would be better named a 70/30 ball, given his propensity for coming down with them. “He want the ball more than you, you know what I’m saying? And it shows,” senior safety Nigel Warrior said. “He want the ball more than anybody else.”
Callaway heard what many prospects are told during the recruiting process. “Coaches tell you when they’re recruiting you, ‘We’re going to start out from here, and in four years, you’re going to be here...And you expect them to be there every step of the way. But, you know, things change. College is a business.”
Callaway will depart Tennessee having played for two head coaches, four offensive coordinators and four wide receivers coaches. Callaway holds no bitterness about that. He keeps in touch with Zach Azzanni, the wide receivers coach from his freshman year who is now in the same position with the Denver Broncos. Callaway aimed to take lessons from each wide receivers coach for whom he played.
When Callaway reflects on his Tennessee career, he thinks about it in terms of his senior class, a group that experienced highs and lows and now has the Vols on a four-game winning streak and bowl eligible for the first time since 2016. “We didn’t give up...We’ve been through a lot. We went through all the coaches, all the seasons, but we never folded. When things got bad, we grew tighter."
Marquez Callaway exemplifies the persistence of Tennessee football's seniors
Callaway heard what many prospects are told during the recruiting process. “Coaches tell you when they’re recruiting you, ‘We’re going to start out from here, and in four years, you’re going to be here...And you expect them to be there every step of the way. But, you know, things change. College is a business.”
Callaway will depart Tennessee having played for two head coaches, four offensive coordinators and four wide receivers coaches. Callaway holds no bitterness about that. He keeps in touch with Zach Azzanni, the wide receivers coach from his freshman year who is now in the same position with the Denver Broncos. Callaway aimed to take lessons from each wide receivers coach for whom he played.
When Callaway reflects on his Tennessee career, he thinks about it in terms of his senior class, a group that experienced highs and lows and now has the Vols on a four-game winning streak and bowl eligible for the first time since 2016. “We didn’t give up...We’ve been through a lot. We went through all the coaches, all the seasons, but we never folded. When things got bad, we grew tighter."
Marquez Callaway exemplifies the persistence of Tennessee football's seniors
