Tennessee football: 10 Vols most likely to win postseason awards in 2021
Junior. 7. player. Scouting Report. Running back. 839. Pick Analysis. Tiyon Evans
5’11” 220 pounds; Hometown: Hartsville, S.C.
Josh Heupel’s system may be all about the quarterback, but anybody who has followed what he did with the UCF Knights or Missouri Tigers knows that he actually has a balanced attack and runs it as much as he passes it. In fact, he’s been able to generate superstar running backs as much as superstar quarterbacks in the process.
After losing Eric Gray to the Oklahoma Sooners and Ty Chandler to the North Carolina Tar Heels respectively, Tennessee football has major voids to fill at running back. One of the guys in perfect position to do it is junior college transfer Tiyon Evans, who came out of Hutchinson Community College in Kansas.
A graduate of Hartsville High School in South Carolina’s Darlington County, Evans is one of the only complete backs on the team despite Heupel having a lot of depth there. He can shoulder the load of lots of carries and make big plays in the process, a perfect fit.
Because of that, it’s been well-documented that Evans is expected to be one of the premiere ball carriers for this team. That alone combined with what we know about Heupel’s schemes make him a great candidate to earn postseason recognition. He could be turning lots of heads nationally by the end of the year.