GENERAL TAFF S PLAYERS REVIEW 1 UTSPORTS.COM // @VOL_FOOTBALL ON TWITTER GENERAL 2 TENNESSEE FOOTBALL // 2014 FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS GENERAL THE BASICS Location (Founded): Knoxville, Tenn. (1794) Conference: Southeastern Enrollment: 27,523 TAFF Colors: Orange & White Nickname: Volunteers S Mascot: Smokey IX Band: Pride of the Southland President: Dr. Joe DiPietro Chancellor: Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek Faculty Representative: Dr. Donald Bruce PLAYERS Vice Chancellor/Dir. of Athletics: Dave Hart Athletic Dept. Phone: 865.974.1220 FACILITY INFORMATION Facility (Opened): Neyland Stadium (1921) Capacity: 102,455 (Third-largest in CFB) Surface: Tifway 419 Bermuda Hybrid Grass REVIEW Record at Neyland Stadium: 445-118-17 (.782) HISTORY First Year of Football: 1891 All-Time Overall Record: 804-361-53 (.682) All-Time SEC Record: 322-187-19 (.628) SEC Championships: 13 (1998, 1997, 1990, 1989, 1985, 1969, 1967, 1956, 1951, 1946, 1940, 1939, 1938) SEC Eastern Division Championships: 5 (2007, 2004, 2001, 1998, 1997) SEC Championship Games: 5 National Championships: 6 (1998, 1967, 1951, 1950, 1940, 1938) BCS Titles: 1 (1998) TEAM INFORMATION 2013 Overall Record: 5-7 WELCOME TO Home / Away: 4-3 / 1-4 SEC Record: 2-6 SEC Finish: 6th East Home / Away: 1-3 / 1-3 Positional Starters Returning/Lost: 10/15 Offense: 5/6 Defense: 5/6 ST: 0/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 44/28 COACHING STAFF 2014 Butch Jones Head Coach: Record at Tennessee: 5-7 2014 SCHEDULE Career Record: 55-34 (.618) Seven years Date Opponent Site Series Assoc. Head Coach/Def. Line: Steve Stripling Offensive Coordinator: Mike Bajakian Aug. 30 Utah State Knoxville, Tenn. First Meeting Defensive Coordinator: John Jancek Sept. 6 Arkansas State Knoxville, Tenn. 1-0 UT Asst. Head Coach/Def. Backs: Willie Martinez Sept. 13 at Oklahoma Norman, Okla. 1-1 Series Tied Wide Receivers/Rec. Coord.: Zach Azzanni Sept. 27 at Georgia * Athens, Ga. 21-20-2 UT Tight Ends/Special Teams: Mark Elder Oct. 4 Florida * Knoxville, Tenn. 24-19 Florida Running Backs: Robert Gillespie Offensive Line: Don Mahoney Oct. 11 Chattanooga Knoxville, Tenn. 37-2-2 UT Linebackers: Tommy Thigpen Oct. 18 at Ole Miss * Oxford, Miss. 44-19-1 UT Strength & Conditioning: Dave Lawson Oct. 25 Alabama * Knoxville, Tenn. 51-28-7 Bama Def. Quality Control Asst.: Terry Fair Nov. 1 at South Carolina * Columbia, S.C. 23-7-2 UT Def. Quality Control Asst.: Chase Gibson Nov. 15 Kentucky * Knoxville, Tenn. 77-23-9 UT Def. Graduate Assistant: Larry Knight Off. Quality Control Asst.: Derrick Lett Nov. 22 Missouri * Knoxville, Tenn. 2-0 Mizzou Special Teams Quality Control Asst.: Greg Meyer Nov. 29 at Vanderbilt * Nashville, Tenn. 73-29-5 UT Off. Quality Control Asst.: Anthony Parker Off. Graduate Assistant: Nick Sheridan Bold indicates home game // * indicates SEC game Def. Graduate Assistant: Walter Stewart MEDIA RELATIONS Jimmy Stanton Senior Associate AD/Communications Cell: 865.306.2052 @Vol_Football Email: [email protected] Jason Yellin Assistant AD/Media Relations Cell: 865.314.0273 Facebook.com/ Email: [email protected] VolFootball Brian Bruce Assistant Media Relations Director Cell: 607.745.6093 Youtube.com/ Email: [email protected] Mary-Carter Kniffen UTSportsTVFootball Assistant Media Relations Director Cell: 804.516.6337 UTSports.com/Football Email: [email protected] UTSPORTS.COM // @VOL_FOOTBALL ON TWITTER 3 GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFO 49 Trevor Daniel 81 John Simcox 1 2014 Quick Facts 49 Matt Darr 82 Josh Smith 2 Table of Contents 50 Josh Dobbs 82 Joe Stocstill 3 Numerical Roster 51 Brendan Downs 83 Deanthonie Summerhill 5 Alphabetical Roster 52 Thomas Edwards 83 Cameron Sutton 7 Positional Breakdown 52 Alex Ellis 84 Devaun Swafford 8 Returning/Lost 52 Riley Ferguson 85 Coleman Thomas 9 Geographical Breakdown 53 Danny Finch 85 Nikolay Timoshchuk 10 Anderson Training Center 53 Charles Folger 86 Greg Tisho 11 2014 Opponents 53 Malik Foreman 86 JaRon Toney 54 Matt Giampapa 87 Patrick Toole STAFF 54 Jacob Gilliam 87 Corey Vereen 16 Butch Jones 55 Gregory Grieco 88 Kendal Vickers 18 Steve Stripling 55 Daniel Helm 88 Dylan Wiesman 18 Mike Bajakian 56 Andrew Henry 89 Devin Williams 19 John Jancek 56 Alden Hill 89 Jordan Williams 20 Willie Martinez 57 Pig Howard 90 Michael Williams 20 Zach Azzanni 58 Jalen Hurd 90 Owen Williams 21 Mark Elder 58 Marcus Jackson 91 Ethan Wolf 22 Robert Gillespie 59 Ryan Jenkins 91 Justin Worley 22 Don Mahoney 59 A.J. Johnson 92 Devrin Young 23 Tommy Thigpen 62 Jakob Johnson 95 2014 Signing Class Info 23 Dave Lawson 62 Johnathon Johnson 95 Signing Class Bios 24 Mike Vollmar 63 Lemond Johnson 24 Chris Spognardi 63 Riyahd Jones 2013 REVIEW 25 Bob Welton 64 Colton Jumper 104 Schedule and Results 25 Antone Davis 64 Brett Kendrick 105 Team Notes 26 Joe Harrington 64 Kyler Kerbyson 112 2013 Final Stats 26 Condredge Holloway 65 Justin King 116 Team Totals 27 Roger Frazier 65 Marlin Lane 117 Offensive Game-by-Game 27 Allison Maurer 67 LaTroy Lewis 118 Defensive Game-by-Game 27 Mike Szerszen 67 Curt Maggitt 119 Special Teams Game-by-Game 28 Jason McVeigh 69 Josh Malone 119 Starting Experience 28 Dr. Chris Klenck 69 LaDarrell McNeil 120 Participation Game-by-Game 29 GAs/Quality Control Assts. 70 Jaylen Miller 121 Miscellaneous Stats 31 Support Staff 71 Dimarya Mixon 122 Team Superlatives 32 Dr. Jimmy Cheek 71 Emmanuel Moseley 123 Individual Superlatives 32 Dr. Donald Bruce 72 Marquez North 124 Big Plays 33 Dave Hart 73 Danny O’Brien 125 Last Time Tennessee… 73 Geraldo Orta 126 Last Time Opponent… 2014 VOLUNTEERS 74 Marques Pair 127 Austin Peay Recap 38 Max Arnold 74 D’Andre Payne 128 Western Kentucky Recap 38 Patrick Ashford 75 Von Pearson 129 Oregon Recap 39 Ryan Ault 75 Nathan Peterman 130 Florida Recap 39 Chris Beck 76 Justus Pickett 131 South Alabama Recap 39 Gage Beeler 77 David Priddy 132 Georgia Recap 40 Dontavius Blair 77 Woody Quinn 133 South Carolina Recap 40 Cody Blanc 78 Brian Randolph 134 Alabama Recap 41 Drae Bowles 79 Ray Raulerson 135 Missouri Recap 41 A.J. Branisel 79 Jalen Reeves-Maybin 136 Auburn Recap 42 Derrick Brodus 80 Jaye Rochell 137 Vanderbilt Recap 42 Malik Brown 80 Austin Sanders 138 Kentucky Recap 43 George Bullock 81 Trevarris Saulsberry 139 Media Information 43 Kenny Bynum 44 Michael Cantwell SPRING GUIDE CREDITS 44 Jason Carr The 2014 Tennessee Football Spring Guide has been compiled from information 44 Allan Carson originally presented on UTSports.com and previous UT Football Media Guides. Editors: Jimmy Stanton, Jason Yellin, Betsy Devine, Brian Bruce, Mary-Carter Kniffen, 45 Jacob Carter Rachel Bain, Whitney Haworth, Josh Lively and Houston Proctor 46 Logan Cavendar Cover Design: Jonathan King 46 Justin Coleman Photography: Donald Page, Wade Rackley and UTAD Photography 47 Neiko Creamer Printing: CCM Communications, to purchase visit VolPhotoBooks.com The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA 47 Jason Croom institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services. 48 Mack Crowder 4 TENNESSEE FOOTBALL // 2014 FOOTBALL 2014 SPRING NUMERICAL ROSTER GENERAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/High School/Previous School 1 Jalen Hurd RB 6-3 221 Fr. Hendersonville, Tenn./Beech Senior TAFF 2 Pig Howard WR 5-8 185 Jr. Orlando, Fla./Edgewater S 2 D’Andre Payne DB 5-9 184 Fr. Washington, D.C./H.D. Woodson 3 Josh Malone WR 6-3 202 Fr. Gallatin, Tenn./Station Camp 4 LaTroy Lewis DL 6-4 255 R-So. Akron, Ohio/Archbishop Hoban 5 Ryan Jenkins WR 5-11 201 R-Fr. Marietta, Ga./Lassiter PLAYERS 5 George Bullock PK 6-0 209 R-So. Knoxville, Tenn./West 7 Drae Bowles WR 6-0 205 R-So. Jackson, Tenn./Jackson Christian 8 Marquez North WR 6-4 221 So. Charlotte, N.C./Mallard Creek 9 Von Pearson WR 6-3 181 R-Jr. Newport News, Va./Denbigh/Feather River College (Calif.) REVIEW 10 Riley Ferguson QB 6-3 189 R-Fr. Matthews, N.C./Butler 11 Joshua Dobbs QB 6-3 203 So. Alpharetta, Ga./Alpharetta 12 Nathan Peterman QB 6-2 225 R-So. Fruit Cove, Fla./Bartram Trail 12 Emmanuel Moseley DB 5-11 165 Fr. Greensboro, N.C./Dudley 13 Patrick Ashford QB 6-0 208 R-Jr. Morristown, Tenn./Morristown West/Carson-Newman 13 Devaun Swafford DB 5-11 185 So. Kingsport, Tenn./Dobyns-Bennett 14 Justin Worley QB 6-4 224 Sr. Rock Hill, S.C./Northwestern 15 Marlin Lane RB 5-11 210 Sr. Daytona Beach, Fla./Mainland 18 Jason Croom WR 6-5 234 R-So. Norcross, Ga./Norcross 18 Michael Cantwell LB 5-11 210 R-Jr. Morristown, Tenn./West 19 Devrin Young WR 5-8 178 Sr. Knoxville, Tenn./Bearden 19 David Priddy DB 5-10 170 So. Hendersonville, Tenn./Hendersonville 21 Riyahd Jones DB 6-0 183 Sr. Columbus, Ga./Carver/Georgia Southern/Garden City C.C. (Kan.) 22 Malik Foreman DB 5-10 181 So. Kingsport, Tenn./Dobyns-Bennett 23 Chris Beck RB 6-0 205 Jr. Austell, Ga./South Cobb/Dean College (Mass.) 23 Cameron Sutton DB 6-1 180 So. Jonesboro, Ga./Jonesboro 24 Deanthonie Summerhill RB 5-9 201 R-Sr. Tuscumbia, Ala./Deshler 24 Michael Williams DB 5-11 172 R-So. Laurel, Md./DeMatha Catholic 25 Josh Smith WR 6-1 197 So. Knoxville, Tenn./Christian Academy of Knoxville 26 Geraldo Orta DB 6-0 186 R-Jr. Valdosta, Ga./Lowndes 27 Justin Coleman DB 5-10 190 Sr. Brunswick, Ga./Brunswick 28 Lemond Johnson DB 6-1 196 So. Cooper City, Fla./Cooper City 30 Alden Hill RB 6-2 221 R-So.