Tennessee football: The case for and against each QB after three games

Harrison Bailey

3-of-7 (42.9%) for 16 yards (2.3 YPA); 4 carries for 8 yards (2 YPC)

1 rushing TD

The case for

Although he hasn’t played enough to warrant a grade yet, Harrison Bailey showed he could have the best deep ball of any of Tennessee football’s quarterbacks. Against TTU, his first pass was a perfect one down the sideline to Ramel Keyton that Keyton just couldn’t haul in.

Bailey’s drawback was his lack of mobility. However, that didn’t seem to be an issue against TTU either. After all, he shed two tackles and ran for a first down on 4th and 7 on one play. His one touchdown was a great decision by him to keep it on an RPO, so his decision-making is there too.

The case against

All of Bailey’s mobility points go out the window when you bring up the fact that it was against a bad FCS team. What you could see, though, was his lack of advantage when it comes to accuracy. He may be better than the others, but he still has his issues.

Bailey had two clear overthrows, one on an intermediate route and another on a deep ball. There’s a reason he completed fewer than 50 percent of his passes in the game. it’s a small sample size, as TTU is the only team he has faced, but his play is definitely concerning.