Southeastern Conference 2016 Football Questionnaire
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SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE 2016 FOOTBALL QUESTIONNAIRE General Information SCHOOL: University of Tennessee LOCATION: Knoxville, Tenn. FOUNDED: 1794 ENROLLMENT: 27,845 PRESIDENT/CHANCELLOR: Chancellor Jimmy Cheek Alma Mater/Year: Texas A&M 1969 ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Dave Hart Alma Mater/Year: Alabama 1970 GAME OPERATIONS DIRECTOR (W/TITLE): David Elliott, Asst. AD Event Management ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE: 865-974-1224 INTERNET ADDRESS: UTSports.com CONFERENCE: SEC NICKNAME: Volunteers/Vols COLORS: Orange & White STADIUM: Neyland Stadium CAPACITY: 102,455 PLAYING SURFACE: Tifway 419 Bermuda Hybrid Grass FIRST YEAR OF FOOTBALL: 1891 NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYING FOOTBALL: 120 ALL-TIME OVERALL RECORD: 820-371-53 ALL-TIME BOWL RECORD: 27-24 Coaching Staff HEAD COACH: Butch Jones Alma Mater/Year: Ferris State 1990 RECORD @ SCHOOL (YEARS): ) 21-17 in 3 years at Tennessee CAREER RECORD (YEARS): 71-44 in 9 years overall ASSISTANT COACHES (Alma mater /Year/Responsibilities/Yrs at Current School): Steve Stripling, Associate Head Coach/Defensive Line (Colorado ’76) 4th at UT Mike DeBord, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks (Manchester College ’78) 2nd at UT Bob Shoop, Defensive Coordinator (Yale ’88) 1st at UT Willie Martinez, Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs (Miami, Fla. ’85) 4th at UT Zach Azzanni, Wide Receivers/Passing Game Coordinator (Central Michigan ’99) 4th at UT Robert Gillespie, Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator (Florida ’05) 4th at UT Don Mahoney, Offensive Line (West Virginia State ’93) 4th at UT Larry Scott, Tight Ends (South Florida ’00) 1st at UT Tommy Thigpen, Linebackers (North Carolina ’93) 4th at UT Dave Lawson, Strength & Conditioning (West Virginia Tech ’92) 4th at UT Team Information BASIC OFFENSE: Multiple BASIC DEFENSE: 4-3 Base LETTERWINNERS RETURNING: Offense: 24 Defense: 29 Specialty: 2 TOTAL: 55 LETTERWINNERS LOST: Offense: 7 Defense: 6 Specialty: 2 TOTAL: 15 STARTERS RETURNING: Offense: 9 Defense: 8 Specialty: 2 TOTAL: 19 STARTERS LOST: Offense: 2 Defense: 3 Specialty: 0 TOTAL: 5 RETURNING OFFENSIVE STARTERS (Pos/Ht/Wt/Cl): No. Name Pos. Class HT. WT. EXP Hometown/Last School 11 Joshua Dobbs QB Sr. 6-3 207 3L Alpharetta, Ga./Alpharetta 1 Jalen Hurd RB Jr. 6-4 240 2L Hendersonville, Tenn./Beech Senior 25 Josh Smith WR R-Jr. 6-1 216 2L Knoxville, Tenn./Christian Academy of Knoxville 3 Josh Malone WR Jr. 6-3 197 2L Gallatin, Tenn./Station Camp 82 Ethan Wolf TE Jr. 6-6 245 2L Minster, Ohio/Minster 75 Jashon Robertson OL Jr. 6-4 318 2L Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy 55 Coleman Thomas OL Jr. 6-5 301 2L Max Meadows, Va./Fort Chiswell 71 Dylan Wiesman OL Sr. 6-4 304 3L Cincinnati, Ohio/Colerain 76 Chance Hall OL So. 6-4 318 1L Roanoke, Va./Northside RETURNING DEFENSIVE STARTERS (Pos/Ht/Wt/Cl): No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown/Last School 50 Corey Vereen DL Sr. 6-2 249 3L Winter Garden, Fla./West Orange 39 Kendal Vickers DL R-Jr. 6-3 286 2L Havelock, N.C./Havelock 9 Derek Barnett DL Jr. 6-3 257 2L Nashville, Tenn./Brentwood Academy 21 Jalen Reeves-Maybin LB Sr. 6-0 225 3L Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast 34 Darrin Kirkland Jr. LB So. 6-1 224 1L Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence Central 23 Cameron Sutton DB Sr. 5-11 186 3L Jonesboro, Ga./Jonesboro 8 Justin Martin DB Jr. 6-2 173 1L Antioch, Tenn./Overton 13 Malik Foreman DB Sr. 5-10 178 3L Kingsport, Tenn./Dobyns-Bennett STARTERS LOST (Pos/Ht/Wt/Cl): No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown/Last School 9 Von Pearson WR - 6-0 183 2L Newport News, Va./Denbigh 77 Kyler Kerbyson OL - 6-4 318 4L Knoxville, Tenn/Knoxville Catholic 58 Owen Williams DL - 6-0 297 2L Macon, Ga. /Westside 37 Brian Randolph DB - 6-0 200 4L Marietta, Ga./Kell 33 LaDarrell McNeil DB - 6-1 209 4L Dallas, Texas/Wilmer Hutchins ALL-STAR CANDIDATES (Name/Pos): Joshua Dobbs QB Jalen Hurd RB Alvin Kamara RB Josh Malone WR Ethan Wolf TE Jashon Robertson OL Coleman Thomas OL Dylan Wiesman OL Jalen Reeves-Maybin LB Darrin Kirkland Jr. LB Cameron Sutton DB Evan Berry KR Trevor Daniel P Aaron Medley K Returning Statistical Leaders (Use Complete Names) RUSHING: ATT. YARDS AVG. TDS Jalen Hurd 277 1288 4.6 12 Alvin Kamara 107 698 6.5 7 Joshua Dobbs 146 671 4.6 11 PASSING: ATT. COMP INT. TDS YARDS PCT. Joshua Dobbs 344 205 5 15 2291 59.6 RECEIVING: REC. YARDS AVG. AVG/GAME TDS Alvin Kamara 34 291 8.6 22.4 3 Josh Malone 31 405 13.1 31.2 2 Josh Smith 23 307 13.3 23.6 2 Ethan Wolf 23 301 13.1 23.2 2 Jalen Hurd 22 190 8.6 14.6 2 TACKLES: TOTAL SOLO ASST. INT. SACKS TFL (YDS) Jalen Reeves-Maybin 105 66 39 0-0 6-46 14-71 Derek Barnett 69 44 25 0-0 10-51 12.5-54 Darrin Kirkland Jr. 66 43 23 1-26 3-26 6.5-29 Todd Kelly Jr. 46 31 15 3-5 0-0 0-0 Corey Vereen 39 27 12 0-0 3.5-17 9.5-38 2015 In Review FINAL 2015 OVERALL RECORD: 9-4 FINAL 2015 CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 5-3/2nd 2015 BOWL APPEARANCE (BOWL, OPPONENT, W/L, SCORE): Outback Bowl, Northwestern, Win 45-6 FINAL 2015 NATIONAL RANKING: AP 22/ Coaches 23 2015 Results DATE W/L OPPONENT SCORE SITE (ATTENDANCE) Sept. 5 W vs. Bowling Green (Nashville) W, 59-30 61,323 Sept. 12 L #19 Oklahoma L, 24-31 (OT) 102,455 Sept. 19 W Western Carolina W, 55-10 102,136 Sept. 26 L at Florida L, 27-28 90,527 Oct. 3 L Arkansas L, 20-24 101,265 Oct. 10 W #19 Georgia W, 38-31 102,455 Oct. 24 L at #8 Alabama L, 14-19 101,821 Oct. 31 W at Kentucky W, 52-21 60,886 Nov. 7 W South Carolina W, 27-24 101,253 Nov. 14 W North Texas W, 24-0 96,197 Nov. 21 W at Missouri W, 19-8 59,575 Nov. 28 W Vanderbilt W, 53-28 98,327 Jan. 1 W vs. #13 Northwestern (Outback Bowl) W, 45-6 53,202 2016 Schedule DATE OPPONENT SITE SERIES RECORD Sept. 3 Appalachian State Knoxville, Tenn. 0-0 Sept. 10 vs. Virginia Tech (Battle at Bristol) Bristol, Tenn. UT leads 5-3 Sept. 17 Ohio Knoxville Tenn. UT leads 1-0 Sept. 24 Florida Knoxville, Tenn. UF leads 26-19 Oct. 1 at Georgia Athens, Ga. UT leads 22-21-2 Oct. 8 at Texas A&M College Station, Texas UT leads 2-0 Oct. 15 Alabama Knoxville, Tenn. UA leads 53-38-7 Oct. 29 at South Carolina Columbia, S.C. UT leads 25-7-2 Nov. 5 Tennessee Tech Knoxville, Tenn. UT leads 5-0 Nov. 12 Kentucky Knoxville, Tenn. UT leads 78-24-9 Nov. 19 Missouri Knoxville, Tenn. Mizz leads 3-1 Nov. 26 at Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. UT leads 75-29-5 .