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Tennessee football roster: Projecting the Vols’ 2017 2-deep depth chart

By Caleb Calhoun

Sep 12, 2015; Knoxville, TN, USA; General view of Neyland Stadium at halftime during the game between Tennessee Volunteers and the Oklahoma Sooners. Oklahoma won 31-24. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 12, 2015; Knoxville, TN, USA; General view of Neyland Stadium at halftime during the game between Tennessee Volunteers and the Oklahoma Sooners. Oklahoma won 31-24. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 10, 2015; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers punter Trevor Daniel (93) punts the ball against the Georgia Bulldogs during the second half at Neyland Stadium. Tennessee won 38 to 31. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 10, 2015; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers punter Trevor Daniel (93) punts the ball against the Georgia Bulldogs during the second half at Neyland Stadium. Tennessee won 38 to 31. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports /

Punter

1. Trevor Daniel

Entering his redshirt senior season, Trevor Daniel is arguably the biggest over-achiever on this Tennessee football team. The guy was a walk-on punter and beat out a fifth-year senior and highly recruited punter as a sophomore. He hasn’t relinquished that position since.

Last year, Daniel’s average took a bit of a dip to 44.6 yards per punt, and he struggled with consistency at times. However, he had 21 punts of 50 yards or more. He also pinned 28 punts inside the 20-yard line and had 29 fair-caught, two numbers that were improvements over the previous year for him.

Oh, and he had a 70-yard punt.

Daniel’s biggest thing this year needs to be developing more consistency. If he does that, he could be the best punter in football.

2. Grayson Linde

Trevor Daniel made a splash as a walk-on punter. So his backup being a walk-on is not much of a shock.

Grayson Linde is a redshirt freshman who has been working with Daniel to improve on his leg, and if Daniel goes down, he’s the guy who has to step in here at Punter U.

Long Snapper

Riley Lovingood

We have to name the long-snapper on this page, and that guy is obviously Riley Lovingood. This redshirt sophomore actually deserves recognition, though, as a long-snapper. He actually one SEC special teams player of the week last year against the Georgia Bulldogs because he caught a punt that pinned the Dawgs inside the five. That same drive, the Vols got a strip-sack touchdown. So Lovingood was crucial to that win and managed to become a star as a snapper.

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