SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE 2016 FOOTBALL QUESTIONNAIRE General Information SCHOOL: University of Tennessee LOCATION: Knoxville, Tenn. FOUNDED: 1794 ENROLLMENT: 27,845 PRESIDENT/CHANCELLOR: Chancellor Jimmy Cheek Alma Mater/Year: Texas A&M 1969 ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Dave Hart Alma Mater/Year: Alabama 1970 GAME OPERATIONS DIRECTOR (W/TITLE): David Elliott, Asst. AD Event Management ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE: 865-974-1224 INTERNET ADDRESS: UTSports.com CONFERENCE: SEC NICKNAME: Volunteers/Vols COLORS: Orange & White STADIUM: Neyland Stadium CAPACITY: 102,455 PLAYING SURFACE: Tifway 419 Bermuda Hybrid Grass FIRST YEAR OF FOOTBALL: 1891 NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYING FOOTBALL: 120 ALL-TIME OVERALL RECORD: 820-371-53 ALL-TIME BOWL RECORD: 27-24
Coaching Staff HEAD COACH: Butch Jones Alma Mater/Year: Ferris State 1990 RECORD @ SCHOOL (YEARS): ) 21-17 in 3 years at Tennessee CAREER RECORD (YEARS): 71-44 in 9 years overall ASSISTANT COACHES (Alma mater /Year/Responsibilities/Yrs at Current School): Steve Stripling, Associate Head Coach/Defensive Line (Colorado 76) 4 th at UT Mike DeBord, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks (Manchester College 78) 2 nd at UT Bob Shoop, Defensive Coordinator (Yale 88) 1 st at UT Willie Martinez, Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs (Miami, Fla. 85) 4 th at UT Zach Azzanni, Wide Receivers/Passing Game Coordinator (Central Michigan 99) 4 th at UT Robert Gillespie, Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator (Florida 05) 4 th at UT Don Mahoney, Offensive Line (West Virginia State 93) 4 th at UT Larry Scott, Tight Ends (South Florida 00) 1 st at UT Tommy Thigpen, Linebackers (North Carolina 93) 4 th at UT Dave Lawson, Strength & Conditioning (West Virginia Tech 92) 4 th at UT Team Information BASIC OFFENSE: Multiple BASIC DEFENSE: 4-3 Base LETTERWINNERS RETURNING: Offense: 24 Defense: 29 TOTAL: 55 LETTERWINNERS LOST: Offense: 7 Defense: 6 TOTAL: 15 STARTERS RETURNING: Offense: 9 Defense: 8 TOTAL: 19 STARTERS LOST: Offense: 2 Defense: 3 Specialty: 0 TOTAL: 5
RETURNING OFFENSIVE STARTERS (Pos/Ht/Wt/Cl): No. Name Pos. Class HT. WT. EXP Hometown/Last School 11 Joshua Dobbs QB Sr. 6-3 207 3L Alpharetta, Ga./Alpharetta 1 Jalen Hurd RB Jr. 6-4 240 2L Hendersonville, Tenn./Beech Senior 25 Josh Smith WR R-Jr. 6-1 216 2L Knoxville, Tenn./Christian Academy of Knoxville 3 Josh Malone WR Jr. 6-3 197 2L Gallatin, Tenn./Station Camp 82 Ethan Wolf TE Jr. 6-6 245 2L Minster, Ohio/Minster 75 Jashon Robertson OL Jr. 6-4 318 2L Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy 55 Coleman Thomas OL Jr. 6-5 301 2L Max Meadows, Va./Fort Chiswell 71 Dylan Wiesman OL Sr. 6-4 304 3L Cincinnati, Ohio/Colerain 76 Chance Hall OL So. 6-4 318 1L Roanoke, Va./Northside RETURNING DEFENSIVE STARTERS (Pos/Ht/Wt/Cl): No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown/Last School 50 Corey Vereen DL Sr. 6-2 249 3L Winter Garden, Fla./West Orange 39 Kendal Vickers DL R-Jr. 6-3 286 2L Havelock, N.C./Havelock 9 Derek Barnett DL Jr. 6-3 257 2L Nashville, Tenn./Brentwood Academy 21 Jalen Reeves-Maybin LB Sr. 6-0 225 3L Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast 34 Darrin Kirkland Jr. LB So. 6-1 224 1L Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence Central 23 Cameron Sutton DB Sr. 5-11 186 3L Jonesboro, Ga./Jonesboro 8 Justin Martin DB Jr. 6-2 173 1L Antioch, Tenn./Overton 13 Malik Foreman DB Sr. 5-10 178 3L Kingsport, Tenn./Dobyns-Bennett STARTERS LOST (Pos/Ht/Wt/Cl): No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown/Last School 9 Von Pearson WR - 6-0 183 2L Newport News, Va./Denbigh 77 Kyler Kerbyson OL - 6-4 318 4L Knoxville, Tenn/Knoxville Catholic 58 Owen Williams DL - 6-0 297 2L Macon, Ga. /Westside 37 Brian Randolph DB - 6-0 200 4L Marietta, Ga./Kell 33 LaDarrell McNeil DB - 6-1 209 4L Dallas, Texas/Wilmer Hutchins ALL-STAR CANDIDATES (Name/Pos): Joshua Dobbs QB Jalen Hurd RB Alvin Kamara RB Josh Malone WR Ethan Wolf TE Jashon Robertson OL Coleman Thomas OL Dylan Wiesman OL Jalen Reeves-Maybin LB Darrin Kirkland Jr. LB Cameron Sutton DB
Evan Berry KR Trevor Daniel P Aaron Medley K Returning Statistical Leaders (Use Complete Names) RUSHING: ATT. YARDS AVG. TDS Jalen Hurd 277 1288 4.6 12 Alvin Kamara 107 698 6.5 7 Joshua Dobbs 146 671 4.6 11 PASSING: ATT. COMP INT. TDS YARDS PCT. Joshua Dobbs 344 205 5 15 2291 59.6 RECEIVING: REC. YARDS AVG. AVG/GAME TDS Alvin Kamara 34 291 8.6 22.4 3 Josh Malone 31 405 13.1 31.2 2 Josh Smith 23 307 13.3 23.6 2 Ethan Wolf 23 301 13.1 23.2 2 Jalen Hurd 22 190 8.6 14.6 2 TACKLES: TOTAL SOLO ASST. INT. SACKS TFL (YDS) Jalen Reeves-Maybin 105 66 39 0-0 6-46 14-71 Derek Barnett 69 44 25 0-0 10-51 12.5-54 Darrin Kirkland Jr. 66 43 23 1-26 3-26 6.5-29 Todd Kelly Jr. 46 31 15 3-5 0-0 0-0 Corey Vereen 39 27 12 0-0 3.5-17 9.5-38 2015 In Review FINAL 2015 OVERALL RECORD: 9-4 FINAL 2015 CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 5-3/2nd 2015 BOWL APPEARANCE (BOWL, OPPONENT, W/L, SCORE): Outback Bowl, Northwestern, Win 45-6 FINAL 2015 NATIONAL RANKING: AP 22/ Coaches 23
2015 Results DATE W/L OPPONENT SCORE SITE (ATTENDANCE) Sept. 5 W vs. Bowling Green (Nashville) W, 59-30 61,323 Sept. 12 L #19 Oklahoma L, 24-31 (OT) 102,455 Sept. 19 W Western Carolina W, 55-10 102,136 Sept. 26 L at Florida L, 27-28 90,527 Oct. 3 L Arkansas L, 20-24 101,265 Oct. 10 W #19 Georgia W, 38-31 102,455 Oct. 24 L at #8 Alabama L, 14-19 101,821 Oct. 31 W at Kentucky W, 52-21 60,886 Nov. 7 W South Carolina W, 27-24 101,253 Nov. 14 W North Texas W, 24-0 96,197 Nov. 21 W at Missouri W, 19-8 59,575 Nov. 28 W Vanderbilt W, 53-28 98,327 Jan. 1 W vs. #13 Northwestern (Outback Bowl) W, 45-653,202 2016 Schedule DATE OPPONENT SITE SERIES RECORD Sept. 3 Appalachian State Knoxville, Tenn. 0-0 Sept. 10 vs. Virginia Tech (Battle at Bristol) Bristol, Tenn. UT leads 5-3 Sept. 17 Ohio Knoxville Tenn. UT leads 1-0 Sept. 24 Florida Knoxville, Tenn. UF leads 26-19 Oct. 1 at Georgia Athens, Ga. UT leads 22-21-2 Oct. 8 at Texas A&M College Station, Texas UT leads 2-0 Oct. 15 Alabama Knoxville, Tenn. UA leads 53-38-7 Oct. 29 at South Carolina Columbia, S.C. UT leads 25-7-2 Nov. 5 Tennessee Tech Knoxville, Tenn. UT leads 5-0 Nov. 12 Kentucky Knoxville, Tenn. UT leads 78-24-9 Nov. 19 Missouri Knoxville, Tenn. Mizz leads 3-1 Nov. 26 at Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. UT leads 75-29-5