Tennessee football roster: Projecting Vols’ 2019 2-deep depth chart

Tennessee football’s 2019 spring practice is in the books. With the Orange and White game over, here is our projection of the Volunteers two-deep roster.

Spring practice ended for Tennessee football last month, and the Vols are now waiting on the summer enrollees to arrive in order to complete the roster. But given what we saw in the spring, Jeremy Pruitt’s roster is beginning to take shape.

After all, the Vols were much healthier this past spring than they were last year, and numerous players provided enough evidence of their value in the program. So with a few exceptions among the summer guys, and barring a few surprises, the starters are starting to come to the surface.

Pruitt gave us a pretty solid idea of where people will stand with his first team and second team in the spring games, his awards and specific recognition from the coaches throughout the practices, and who actually stood out during the game itself. All of those things give us an idea of who’s going to be playing for Tennessee football this year.

So in this post, it’s time for us to give you our two-deep depth chart projections for the Vols. On the heels of spring practice, we have a pretty good idea of what each of the rotations are going to look like. By the way, just because somebody wasn’t there in the spring doesn’t mean they won’t start. We could project summer enrollees into slots.

Similar to what we’ve always done, our depth chart will account for the flexibility in the schemes. For instance, since the nickel is one of the bases of the 3-4, we’re going to factor that in with five cornerbacks, including the two nickel guys, while only mentioning three inside linebackers. That’s because sometimes only one inside linebacker will be on the field.

The same holds true with our rotations up front. If a guy is in the rotation for two different spots on the offensive line, we’ll add another player in one of the spots because the idea of a two-deep depth chart is 10 offensive linemen.

Finally, we’re going to leave off players whose status is uncertain right now. This includes transfers who are trying to reach eligibility to play in 2019 and guys fighting to get back to health but who are still out indefinitely. Our projections we’ll make a note of any of those guys on any unit.

So with the possibility of a few surprises, it’s time to break down what the roster could look like when the Vols take the field in 2019. Here is our projection for the Tennessee football depth chart following spring practice.