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

Factor No. 1: Team Success

On this point, there are some very real negatives that unfortunately surround Joshua Dobbs. He never had a 10-win season, he never even won the SEC East, and he never had a Top 20 finish.

As far as accomplishments go in a nutshell, that would put him behind all four starting quarterbacks in the 1990s along with Casey Clausen and Erik Ainge.

He would also fall behind Dewey Warren, Condredge Holloway, Tony Robinson, Daryl Dickey, Bobby Scott, and Jim Maxwell.

However, Dobbs would be ahead of everybody else. That includes Jeff Francis, Jonathan Crompton, Tyler Bray, Alan Cockrell, Steve Alatorre, Jimmy Streater, Randy Wallace.

On top of that, Maxwell only played one year, and Robinson and Dickey are only ahead of him because they split the success of the 1985 season.

So since Dobbs was more consistent and sustained success, we have to move him at the very least to No. 10 on the list when it comes to team success. He finished 23-12 in Knoxville.

Then there’s the factor of what he inherited. When Dobbs took over full-time as the starter midway through his sophomore year, Tennessee football had not been to a bowl game in four years.

He took them to three straight, including back to back Top 25 finishes and nine-win seasons. When you compare it to where they were before he got there, his team success has to move up.

He jumps Heath Shuler and Erik Ainge by that point. So with just team success, Dobbs is officially No. 8 on this list.

Tee Martin, Peyton Manning, Dewey Warren, Andy Kelly, Condredge Holloway, Bobby Scott, and Casey Clausen all have spots ahead of him here.