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Look: No. 17 Tennessee's official depth chart for Saturday's game at No. 11 Alabama

IMG_3593by:Grant Ramey10/17/23

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Chas Nimrod
(Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK) Tennessee wide receiver Chas Nimrod (81) warming up before the start of the NCAA college football game against UTSA on Saturday, September 23, 2023 in Knoxville, Tenn.

No. 17 Tennessee (5-1, 2-1 SEC) on Monday released its official depth chart for this week’s game against No. 11 Alabama (6-1, 4-0) on Saturday (3:30 p.m. Eastern Time, CBS) at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa.

Here’s how the Vols will line up against the Crimson Tide:

Quarterback

StarterJoe Milton III
BackupNico Iamaleava
BackupGaston Moore
BackupNavy Shuler

Milton has completed 112 of 182 pass attempts (61.54%) for 1,264 yards with 10 touchdowns and four interceptions. He has a quarterback rating of 133.61. Milton has rushed 32 times for 226 yards and has scored four times on the ground. Milton against Texas A&M on Saturday completed 11 of 22 passes for a season-low 100 yards, with one touchdown and interception, and ran eight times for 34 yards.

Running Back

StarterJaylen Wright
BackupJabari Small
BackupDylan Sampson
BackupCameron Seldon

Tennessee with its SEC-best run game rushed for 232 yards as a team against Texas A&M, which entered Saturday’s game leading the league in rush defense, giving up just 84.0 yards per game. The Aggies had not allowed a rusher to go for more than 60 yards before facing the Vols, but Wright led the team Saturday with 19 rushes for a season-high 136 yards.

Wide Receiver

StarterKaleb Webb -or- Chas Nimrod
StarterRamel Keyton
BackupKaleb Webb
SlotSquirrel White
BackupDont’e Thornton

Nimrod started against Texas A&M in place of the injured Bru McCoy and led the Vols with four receptions for 31 yards. White leads the team with 29 catches for 305 yards. Keyton has 14 catches for 230 yards and three touchdowns, most among receivers.

Tight End

StarterJacob Warren
BackupMcCallan Castles

Warren’s lone catch against A&M was a 7-yard touchdown in the first quarter, his third touchdown catch of the season. Castles had two catches for 24 yards and now has nine catches for 124 yards and a touchdown. Warren has eight catches for 61 yards.

Offensive Line

Left TackleJohn Campbell
BackupGerald Mincey
Left GuardAndrej Karic -or- Jackson Lampley -or- Ollie Lane
CenterCooper Mays
BackupOllie Laneor- Dayne Davis
Right GuardJavontez Spraggins
BackupAddison Nichols
Right TackleJeremiah Crawford
BackupGerald Mincey -or- Dayne Davis

Mays against A&M started his second straight game at center after missing the first four games of the season after undergoing hernia surgery during the preseason. Mincey started at right tackle for a second straight game but was replaced by Davis in the second half, with Mincey apparently dealing with a leg injury. Lane started at left guard again while Karic remained sidelined with due to injury.

Defensive Line

StarterOmari Thomas
BackupElijah Simmons -or- Kurott Garland
StarterOmarr Norman-Lott -or- Bryson Eason
BackupDaevin Hobbs

Thomas is up to 15.0 tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss and 1.0 sacks. Norman-Lott, who didn’t play against A&M due to injury, also has 15.0 tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. Garland had a season-high three tackles against the Aggies after registering his second sack of the season against South Carolina two weeks ago.

Defensive End

StarterTyler Baron
BackupDominic Bailey
BackupTyre West

Baron is up to 5.0 sacks on the season and has 5.5 tackles for loss, to go with 14.0 total tackles. Bailey has 8.0 tackles including 0.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks. West has 9.0 tackles on the season with 0.5 tackles for loss.

LEO

StarterRoman Harrison
BackupJames Pearce Jr.
BackupJoshua Josephs
BackupCaleb Herring

Harrison has 12.0 tackles in Tennessee’s six games while Pearce has a team-high 6.0 sacks for a combined loss of 42 yards. He has 9.0 tackles for loss resulting in 50 yards loss. Josephs has 2.0 sacks and 6.0 tackles while Herring has 2.0 tackles, including a sack.

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Weakside Linebacker

StarterAaron Beasley
BackupKalib Perry -or- Arion Carter

Beasley leads Tennessee’s defense with 38.0 tackles, including 8.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, three passes broken up and one quarterback hit. Carter has 15.0 tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss. Perry has 6.0 tackles.

Middle Linebacker

StarterElijah Herring
BackupJeremiah Telander

Herring is second for Tennessee in tackles with 35.0 and has 2.0 tackles for loss. Telander is up to 12.0 sacks on the year.

Cornerback

StarterDoneiko Slaughter -or- Gabe Jeudy-Lally
StarterKamal Hadden -or- Warren Burrell

Hadden has 17.0 tackles and leads Tennessee’s defense in both passes broken up (8) and interceptions (3). He picked off his second pass in as many games Saturday in the fourth quarter against Texas A&M. Jeudy-Lally has 14.0 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and three passes broken up. He also had an interception in the fourth quarter against Texas A&M, his first of the season.

Safety

StarterWesley Walker
BackupAndre Turrentine -or- Christian Charles
StarterJaylen McCollough
BackupJourdan Thomas
BackupWill Brooks

Walker has 26.0 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sacks and two passes broken up. McCollough has 21.0 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss, with three passes broken up.

Star

StarterTamarion McDonald
BackupBrandon Turnage

McDonald has 23.0 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and 1.0 sacks. He has one interception, three passes broken up and one quarterback hit.

Special Teams

PlacekickerCharles Campbell
BackupJosh Turbyville
PunterJackson Ross
BackupJosh Turbyville
KickoffJosh Turbyville
BackupMax Gilbert
LongsnapperMatthew Salansky
HolderJackson Ross
Kick ReturnerDee Williams -or- Cameron Seldon
Punt ReturnerDee Williams -or- Squirrel White

Campbell was 2-for-3 on field goals in Tennessee’s win against Texas A&M, with a long of 31 and a miss from 51. For the season he’s 9-for-11 with a long of 42. Williams took a punt back 39 yards for a touchdown just a few plays after he downed a Tennessee punt inside the Texas A&M 1-yard line.

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