Tennessee Football Smokey Points: Top 5 Vols Who Performed vs Gators

Since the year began, Tennessee football has been searching for that No. 2 wideout to take pressure off of Josh Malone. They found it in Jauan Jennings on Saturday.

The converted quarterback became the star of the offense from the beginning to the end. In the first half, while Vols receivers were dropping too many passes by playing tight, Jennings was making spectacular catches.

He caught one fade pass in the first half to get into the Florida red zone and had another amazing catch over a Florida defender’s back at the start of the second half.

But the real play was the highlight of the game. Jennings bobbled and caught a beautiful pass from Joshua Dobbs early in the fourth quarter and took it 67 yards to the house to give the Vols their first lead of the game, 24-21.

On that play, he faked out Jalen Tabor so hard that Tabor fell over. That made him the game-changer.

Jennings finished with three receptions for 111 yards and a touchdown against what was supposed to be the best secondary in the country. The 6’3″ 205-pound sophomore from Murfreesboro has established himself now as the clear-cut other starting wideout for Tennessee football.

And for doing it on the biggest stage in the biggest game of the season, he earns a major helmet sticker.