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Tennessee football: Ranking Vols 4 JuCo and regular transfers by potential impact

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 29: A general view of Neyland Stadium during the South Carolina Gamecocks game against the Tennessee Volunteers on October 29, 2011 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 29: A general view of Neyland Stadium during the South Carolina Gamecocks game against the Tennessee Volunteers on October 29, 2011 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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Tennessee football has two junior college transfers and two regular transfers for 2019. Here is how they rank by their potential impact on the Volunteers.

When Jeremy Pruitt first took over the Tennessee football program in 2017, he immediately overhauled the recruiting class. Doing that to a 4-8 team in the SEC was a major setback, so he had to go the junior college and transfer route in a hurry.

As a result Pruitt brought in JuCo guys like Emmit Gooden, Jahmir Johnson, Dominick Wood-Anderson, Kenneth George Jr. and Jordan Allen. He also brought in four graduate transfers in Brandon Kennedy, Ryan Tice, Madre London and Keller Chryst. Simply put, Pruitt was desperate.

After a year to build the program, though, things are a bit different for Tennessee football heading into 2019. As a result, Pruitt only brought in four transfers altogether: two from junior college and two regular transfers. To this point, he hasn’t even gone after a graduate transfer.

That shows how much more confident Pruitt is in the restocked roster he has coming off a 5-7 season. Pruitt’s focus on transfers was heavily on the one position in which he actually lost a significant amount of talent: the defensive line.

Still, being able to focus solely there gave him an advantage over last year. But how are these guys going to pan out? After all, whenever you go for transfers, junior college, regular or graduate, you’re looking for some quick help.

Well, in this post we’re going to rank these guys by potential. The two regular transfers may not play this year, so that affects our rankings. The criteria includes a player’s talent, whether or not they fill an immediate or long-term need at a position and how sure we can be of how soon they will play.

Taking all that into account, let’s take a look at the new faces who could work their way into the roster on Rocky Top this year. This is our ranking of Tennessee football transfers by their potential impact on the program.

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