Tennessee football: 10 Vols who should redshirt in 2020

Two people with the last name Bailey were early enrollees for Tennessee football this year. One was five-star quarterback Harrison Bailey. Dominic Bailey, though, is a four-star defensive tackle who came from Maryland.

Defensive line in general is one position that is loaded for Rocky Top this year, potentially the most loaded, so the 6’3″ 302-pound prospect will only be looking to provide depth this year. As a result, he would do well to take a redshirt and spend some more time learning the system.

UT has four senior defensive tackles who have starting experience along with two redshirt sophomores with experience. A third redshirt sophomore saw action in two games last year and does bring a lot of hype if he can truly develop. Simply put, they are loaded.

By the way, that’s just for the two defensive tackle spots. At the one defensive end position where people play on the line, the Vols have three seniors and a junior. Simply put, they are loaded all the way around, and this prospect coming out of Baltimore, Md. is highly unlikely to ever see any action during the 2020 season.

Ironically, Jeremy Pruitt is in the opposite situation to where he was last year, when he had to replace all three starters on the defensive line, and the one guy with experience, Emmit Gooden, suffered a season-ending injury. Gooden is back, as is everybody else who played. That will hurt Bailey’s chances. The only reason he isn’t higher is that being an early enrollee gives him potential.