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Tennessee football: Five biggest reasons for excitement over Vols 2020 offseason

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 5: The Tennessee Volunteers mascot Smokey runs through the end zone after a score against the Georgia Bulldogs at Neyland Stadium on October 5, 2013 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 5: The Tennessee Volunteers mascot Smokey runs through the end zone after a score against the Georgia Bulldogs at Neyland Stadium on October 5, 2013 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images) /
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There are many reasons for excitement over Tennessee football heading into 2020. Here are the five encouraging signs for the Volunteers’ offseason.

When you finish the season with an 8-5 record, are on a six-game winning streak and secure your best recruiting class since 2015, at least on paper, you have good reason to be excited. This is the case for Tennessee football entering Jeremy Pruitt’s third year.

The Vols have lots of things on paper to be happy about, and as they get set to look to the future, this mix of success on and off the field is something that everybody involved with Rocky Top should love. Big Orange Country clearly appears to be in good shape.

But what are the reasons beyond the obvious that make everybody ecstatic about the shape of Tennessee football under Pruitt? After all, Vol Nation still has lots of things that people don’t always see contributing to this rise.

On this site, we’ve documented hidden things behind the turnaround in 2019 the reasons to be excited and concerned about Pruitt’s second season. Well, in this post, we’re going to look at the five biggest reasons to be excited during this offseason.

Since this deals specifically with the offseason, we’re looking at the Vols’ current situation on paper involving current players and coaches. Recruiting involves too much speculation, and what happened in 2019 already happened. Those things speak for themselves.

This is a look at what Pruitt is working with during the offseason ahead of 2020 and why there are reasons for optimism. Yes, there are concerns about losing some key talent, especially guys like Daniel Bituli, Nigel Warrior, Darrell Taylor, Jauan Jennings, Marquez Callaway and Dominick Wood-Anderson. But many things help offset that as well.

What are the things that offset the negatives? And how much of a positive are they? Let’s break all of that down here. These are the five biggest signs of encouragement for Tennessee football’s 2020 offseason ahead of Pruitt’s third year with the Vols.

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