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Tennessee football: Ranking Vols 10 early enrollees for 2019 spring practice

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 15: A view of the outside of Neyland Stadium before a game between the Florida Gators and Tennessee Volunteers on September 15, 2012 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Sommers II/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 15: A view of the outside of Neyland Stadium before a game between the Florida Gators and Tennessee Volunteers on September 15, 2012 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Sommers II/Getty Images) /
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The early assumption is that Tennessee football is going to stick with Dominick Wood-Anderson as its starting tight end. He’s their best receiving tight end, and Jim Chaney loves to incorporate that position into the passing game.

As a result, Wood-Anderson isn’t just a favorite to start. He’s an early candidate to have a breakout year, provided he can pick up just a few more blocking techniques to stay in games longer than he did last year.

His presence is why we have Jackson Lowe, a three-star early enrollee at tight end, so far down on this list. However, he is a bit higher than the other guys because that second tight end spot is also valuable, and he’s got a huge opportunity there by being an early enrollee, certainly more than Sean Brown, the other three-star tight end commitment who won’t arrive until the summer.

That position is now a bit thinner after the transfer of Eli Wolf, and nobody else is proven there outside of maybe Austin Pope, who lines up more in fullback situations anyway. As a result, the Vols may look for some help there in the spring, and that’s where Lowe comes in. But he almost certainly won’t win a starting job.

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