Tennessee Football: Where Is Joshua Dobbs’s Final Place Among Vols Quarterbacks?

Having played his final game for Tennessee football, where does Joshua Dobbs belong among all-time Volunteers quarterbacks?

As he finishes his senior season with one of the most productive years in Tennessee football quarterback history, Joshua Dobbs’s place among Vols quarterbacks is difficult to determine.

Dobbs did not have a Top 10 finish at Tennessee and never won an SEC Eastern Division title or any title for that matter.

But that can’t be a deal breaker.

After all, Heath Shuler never won the SEC East, and Erik Ainge never won the East or had a Top 10 finish.

When we take a look at a quarterback’s place among Tennessee football legends, there are numerous factors that we take into account.

As we take a look at Dobbs’s place among Tennessee football quarterbacks, we have to take everything into consideration.

That includes team success, individual stats, and intangibles. That final point is an underrated one. It includes the transcendent impact a player may have had on Tennessee football.

For instance, Condredge Holloway did not win an SEC title. However, he was the first African American quarterback in the SEC. That counts for a lot.

Peyton Manning became an NFL legend and a beloved Tennessee folk hero. That also counts.

Dobbs has a few impressive intangibles of his own that we need to take a look at.

So we’ll analyze all three things in this post. We will compare them to other elite historical Tennessee football quarterbacks.

Then, we’ll deliver a final verdict with Dobbs’s overall ranking.

Remember that the modern era of Tennessee football really only traces quarterbacks to the 1960s. But the Vols have some legends since then, and Dobbs has to have a spot among all the quarterbacks since then.

Here is a look at Joshua Dobbs’s all-time place among Tennessee football quarterbacks.