Look: No. 21 Tennessee's official depth chart for the Kentucky game

Tennessee football on Monday released its official depth chart for Saturday night’s game between the 21st-ranked Vols and Kentucky at Kroger Field in Lexington, a 7 p.m. Eastern Time kickoff on ESPN:

Quarterback

Starter	Joe Milton III
Backup	Nico Iamaleava
Backup	Gaston Moore
Backup	Navy Shuler

Milton completed 28 of 41 passes for 271 yards and two touchdowns at Alabama on Saturday. He led Tennessee in rushing, too, with 15 carries for 59 yards. The passing total was his second highest of the season, behind the 289 yards he threw for at Florida, and his 59 yards rushing were his second highest total of the season, behind the 89 he ran for against UTSA.

Running Back

Starter	Jaylen Wright
Backup	Jabari Small
Backup	Dylan Sampson
Backup	Cameron Seldon

Sampson led Tennessee running backs with 28 yards on four carries at Alabama. Small had eight carries for 24 yards and Wright had a team-high 11 attempts but had just 22 yards. Wright’s 22 yards was his second-lowest total of the season, ahead of only the 16 yards he had against UTSA. The Vols rushed for 133 yards as a team, nearly 100 yards below what was their season average entering the game.

Wide Receiver

Starter	Kaleb Webb -or- Chas Nimrod
Starter	Ramel Keyton
Backup	Kaleb Webb
Slot	Squirrel White
Backup	Dont’e Thornton

White had 10 catches for 111 yards, including a 39-yard touchdown to open the scoring at Alabama. He had just two catches for six yards in the second half. Wright caught seven passes out of the backfield for 44 yards and Keyton had five catches for 71 yards. Sampson caught two passes for nine yards and Webb had one catch for 10 yards.

Tight End

Starter	Jacob Warren
Backup	McCallan Castles

Castles had two catches for 12 yards at Alabama, including the six-yard touchdown in the closing seconds of the first half. Warren caught one pass for 14 yards and was targeted three times.

Offensive Line

Left Tackle	John Campbell
Backup	Gerald Mincey
Left Guard	Andrej Karic -or- Jackson Lampley -or- Ollie Lane
Center	Cooper Mays
Backup	Ollie Lane –or- Dayne Davis
Right Guard	Javontez Spraggins
Backup	Addison Nichols
Right Tackle	Jeremiah Crawford
Backup	Gerald Mincey -or- Dayne Davis

Alabama’s defensive front on Saturday finished the game with 8.5 tackles for loss, four quarterback hurries and three sacks. Tennessee struggled to run against the Crimson Tide, averaging just 3.5 yards per rush.

Defensive Line

Starter	Omari Thomas
Backup	Elijah Simmons -or- Kurott Garland
Starter	Omarr Norman-Lott -or- Bryson Eason
Backup	Daevin Hobbs

Tennessee had four sacks at Alabama, along with five tackles for loss and three quarterback hits. Thomas and Norman-Lott had one tackle for loss each and Norman-Lott added a fumble recovery, one of two takeaways for the Vols in the game.

Defensive End

Starter	Tyler Baron
Backup	Dominic Bailey
Backup	Tyre West

Baron had two tackles and played 40 snaps at Alabama. Bailey played 25 snaps and West was on the field for seven snaps.

LEO

Starter	Roman Harrison
Backup	James Pearce Jr.
Backup	Joshua Josephs
Backup	Caleb Herring

Harrison had one tackle during his 27 snaps. Pearce played 33 snaps and had two tackles, including a sack. Josephs played 16 snaps and was Tennessee’s highest-rated defender in the Pro Football Focus grades. He had two tackles with a sack and pass broken up.

Weakside Linebacker

Starter	Aaron Beasley
Backup	Kalib Perry -or- Arion Carter

Beasley had seven tackles against Alabama. Carter played just five snaps and Perry played only six.

Middle Linebacker

Starter	Elijah Herring
Backup	Jeremiah Telander

Herring was second in tackles at Alabama with eight. He played 54 snaps but was PFF’s lowest-rated defender for the Vols. Telander played only two snaps.

Cornerback

Starter	Doneiko Slaughter -or- Gabe Jeudy-Lally
Starter	Kamal Hadden -or- Warren Burrell

Hadden left the game with an apparent right shoulder injury but later returned to the game. Hadden played 30 snaps and Slaughter played 21. Jeudy-Lally had five tackles in his 60 snaps. Slaughter had four tackles and Hadden had two.

Safety

Starter	Wesley Walker
Backup	Andre Turrentine -or- Christian Charles
Starter	Jaylen McCollough
Backup	Jourdan Thomas
Backup	Will Brooks

McCollough had seven tackles at Alabama and intercepted a deflected pass in the end zone in the first half. Walker had six tackles.

Star

Starter	Tamarion McDonald
Backup	Brandon Turnage

McDonald had a team-high 10 tackles and was on the field for all 64 defensive snaps at Alabama. Turnage played 19 snaps.

Special Teams

Placekicker	Charles Campbell
Backup	Josh Turbyville
Punter	Jackson Ross
Backup	Josh Turbyville
Kickoff	Josh Turbyville
Backup	Max Gilbert
Longsnapper	Matthew Salansky
Holder	Jackson Ross
Kick Returner	Dee Williams -or- Cameron Seldon
Punt Returner	Dee Williams -or- Squirrel White

Ross punted five times for 266 yards, averaging 53.2 yards per kick, with a long of 71. He landed two inside the 20 and had two punts that went 50 or more yards. Campbell was 2-for-2 on field goals, connecting from 24 and 26 yards in the first half.