No. 6 Tennessee's official depth chart for Saturday night's game at No. 11 Georgia

A look at Tennessee Football’s official depth chart for Saturday night’s game at Georgia, scheduled for a 7:30 Eastern Time start on ABC. Here’s how the Vols will line up on the road against the Bulldogs:

Quarterback

Starter	Nico Iamaleava
Backup	Gaston Moore
Backup	Jake Merklinger

Nico Iamaleava is 144-for-221 (.651) for 1,879 yards, 11 touchdowns and four interceptions. He has rushed 64 times for 215 net yards and has one rushing touchdown. Iamaleava is averaging 208.8 passing yards per game and has a quarterback rating of 149.38.

Gaston Moore has appeared in five games, completing 16 of 25 passes for 201 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. Freshman Jake Merklinger is 6-for-9 for 48 yards and has rushed seven times for 30 yards.

Iamaleava was ruled out at halftime of last week’s 33-14 win over Mississippi State with concussion-like symptoms, but has been cleared to play at Georgia.

Running Back

Starter	Dylan Sampson
Backup	Cam Seldon
	-or- DeSean Bishop
	-or- Khalifa Keith
	-or- Peyton Lewis

Dylan Sampson has rushed 201 times for 1,129 yards and 20 touchdowns. DeSean Bishop has ran 54 times for 372 yards and three touchdowns. Peyton Lewis has 39 carries for 187 yards and a touchdown and Cam Seldon has 14 carries for 74 yards in five games.

Bishop is out for a second straight week after he was hurt on just his third snap in the 28-18 win over Kentucky two weeks ago. Lewis has 22 carries for 68 yards and a touchdown over his last two games, helping fill the void left by Bishop as the No. 2 running back.

Wide Receivers

Starter	Dont’e Thornton -or- Chris Brazzell II
Backup	Nathan Leacock
Starter	Bru McCoy -or- Kaleb Webb
Backup	Mike Matthews
Starter	Squirrel White -or- Chas Nimrod
Backup	Braylon Staley

Dont’e Thornton leads Tennessee in receiving yards and touchdowns, catching 20 passes for 505 yards and four touchdowns. Bru McCoy has a team-high 27 receptions for 357 yards and Chris Brazzell II has 22 catches for 265 yards and two touchdowns. Squirrel White 25 catches for 304 yards and a touchdown.

Tight Ends

Starter	Ethan Davis
	-or- Holden Staes
	-or- Miles Kitselman

Miles Kitselman has 13 catches for 183 yards and three touchdowns and Holden Staes has 12 catches for 92 yards and a touchdown. Ethan Davis has 10 catches for 75 yards and a touchdown.

Offensive Line

Left Tackle	Lance Heard -or- Larry Johnson III
Left Guard	Andrej Karic -or- Jackson Lampley
Center	Cooper Mays
Backup	William Satterwhite -or- Vysen Lang
Right Guard	Javontez Spraggins
Backup	Shamurad Umarov
Right Tackle	John Campbell -or- Dayne Davis

Tennessee’s regular starters on the offensive line are Cooper Mays at center, Andrej Karic at left guard, Javontez Spraggins at right guard, Lance Heard at left tackle and John Campbell at right tackle. Heard returned at Arkansas after missing two games.

Dayne Davis started at left tackle in place of Heard at Oklahoma and Larry Johnson has played in place of John Campbell at right tackle while Campbell has dealt with injury.

Karic didn’t play in the second half against Mississippi State game due to injury, but wasn’t on Tennessee’s injury report this week.

Defensive Line

Starter	Bryson Eason
	-or- Omarr Norman-Lott
	-or- Daevin Hobbs
Starter	Omari Thomas
	-or- Elijah Simmons
	-or- Jaxson Moi

Defensive End

Starter	Dominic Bailey
	-or- Tyre West
	-or- Jayson Jenkins
	-or- Tyree Weathersby

LEO

Starter	James Pearce Jr.
	-or- Joshua Josephs
	-or- Caleb Herring
	-or- Jordan Ross

Weakside Linebacker

Starter

Arion Carter -or- Kalib Perry

Middle Linebacker

Starter	Jeremiah Telander -or- Jalen Smith
Backup	Edwin Spillman

Cornerback

Starter	Jermod McCoy -or- Jordan Matthews
Backup	Wiliam Wright
Starter	Rickey Gibson II -or- Jalen McMurray
Backup	Kaleb Beasley

Safety

Starter	Will Brooks -or- Christian Charles
Backup	Edrees Farooq
Starter	Andre Turrentine -or- Jakobe Thomas
Backup	John Slaughter

Star

Starter	Christian Harrison
	-or- Boo Carter

Arion Carter has a team-high 50.0 tackles, with 19 solo and 31 assisted, to go with an interception. He has 6.0 tackles for loss. Will Brooks has 41.0 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, three interceptions and four passes broken up.

James Pearce Jr. has a team-high 7.5 tackles for loss and Joshua Josephs has 6.0 and Bryson Eason has 4.5.

Pearce leads the Vols 5.5 sacks and nine quarterback hurries. Jermod McCoy leads the team with six passes broken up and has two interceptions and 32.0 tackles.

Special Teams

Max Gilbert is 16-for-22 on field goals with a long of 51. He missed a 53-yard attempt late against NC State, missed twice against Alabama, finishing 1-for-3, and went 0-for-3 against Kentucky. He bounced back with a 4-for-4 night against Mississippi State. Jackson Ross has punted 34 times for 1,516 yards with two touchbacks, nine fair catches, 11 downed inside the 20 and six that went 50 or more yards.

Squirrel White has returned seven punts for 112 yards, with a long of 31. Jermod McCoy has returned six for 59, with a long of 23, and Boo Carter has returned eight for 111 yards, with a long of 35.