UTSports.ccom @Vol Football GENERAL QUICK FACTS THE BASICS Location (Founded): Knoxville, Tenn. (1794) Conference: Southeastern STAFF PLAYERS REVIEW PLAYERS STAFF Enrollment: 27,410 Colors: Orange & White Nickname: Volunteers Mascot: Smokey X Band: Pride of the Southland Chancellor: Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek Faculty Representative: Dr. Donald Bruce Vice Chancellor/Dir. of Athletics: Dave Hart Athletic Dept. Phone: 865.974.1220 FACILITY INFORMATION Facility (Opened): Neyland Stadium (1921) Capacity: 102,455 (Fifth-largest in CFB) Surface: Tifway 419 Bermuda Hybrid Grass Record at Neyland Stadium: 449-121-17 (.779) HISTORY First Year of Football: 1891 All-Time Overall Record: 811-367-53 (.680) All-Time SEC Record: 325-192-19 (.624) 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 2014 Overall Record: 7-6 Home / Away / Neutral: 4-3 / 2-3 / 1-0 SEC Record: 3-5 SEC Finish: 4th East Home / Away: 1-3 / 2-2 COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Butch Jones Assoc. Head Coach/Def. Line: Steve Stripling Offensive Coordinator: Mike DeBord Defensive Coordinator: John Jancek 2015 SCHEDULE Asst. Head Coach/Def. Backs: Willie Martinez Wide Receivers/Pass. Coord.: Zach Azzanni Date Opponent Site Series Tight Ends/Special Teams: Mark Elder April 25 DISH Orange & White Game Knoxville, Tenn. (SECN Alt.) 4 pm Running Backs/Rec. Coord.: Robert Gillespie Offensive Line: Don Mahoney Sept. 5 vs. Bowling Green Nashville, Tenn. First Meeting Linebackers: Tommy Thigpen Dave Lawson Sept. 12 Oklahoma Knoxville, Tenn. 2-1 OU Strength & Conditioning: Off. Graduate Asst: Merci Falaise Sept. 19 Western Carolina Knoxville, Tenn. First Meeting Def. Quality Control Asst.: Chase Gibson Sept. 26 at Florida* Gainesville, Fla. 25-19 Florida Def. Graduate Assistant: Larry Knight Oct. 3 Arkansas* Knoxville, Tenn. 13-4 UT Off. Quality Control Asst.: Kevin Koger Oct. 10 Georgia* Knoxville, Tenn. 21-21-2 Series Tied Off. Quality Control Asst.: Derrick Lett Oct. 24 at Alabama* Tuscaloosa, Ala. 52-38-7 Bama Special Teams Quality Control Asst.: Greg Meyer Off. Graduate Assistant: Nick Sheridan Oct. 31 at Kentucky* Lexington, Ky. 77-24-9 UT Def. Graduate Assistant: Walter Stewart Nov. 7 South Carolina* Knoxville, Tenn. 24-7-2 UT MEDIA RELATIONS Nov. 14 North Texas (HC) Knoxville, Tenn. 1-0 UNT Jimmy Stanton Nov. 21 at Missouri* Columbia, Mo. 3-0 Mizzou Senior Associate AD/Communications Cell: 865.306.2052 Nov. 28 Vanderbilt * Knoxville, Tenn. 74-29-5 UT Email: [email protected] Bold indicates home game // * indicates SEC game Jason Yellin Assistant AD/Media Relations Cell: 865.314.0273 Email: [email protected] @Vol_Football MJ Burns Assistant Director/Media Relations Cell: 713.419.4583 Email: [email protected] Facebook.com/ Mary-Carter Kniffen VolFootball Assistant Director/Media Relations Cell: 804.516.6337 Email: [email protected] @Vol_Football Jessie Butler Graduate Assistant/Media Relations Cell: 623.399.7240 YouTube.com/ Email:[email protected] UTSportsTVFootball UTSports.com/Football UTSPORTS.COM // @VOL_FOOTBALL 1 GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFO 53 Trevor Daniel 92 Devaun Swafford 1 2015 Quick Facts 53 Joshua Dobbs 93 Coleman Thomas 2 Table of Contents 55 Quinten Dormady 93 Shy Tuttle 3 Spring Notes 55 Thomas Edwards 94 Corey Vereen 8 Numerical Roster 55 Alex Ellis 95 Kendal Vickers 9 Pronunciation Guide 56 Logan Fetzner 95 Troy Waites 10 Alphabetical Roster 56 Charles Folger 95 Chris Weatherd 12 Lettermen Returning/Lost 57 Malik Foreman 96 Dylan Wiesman 12 Starters Returning/Lost 58 Rashaan Gaulden 97 Devin Williams 13 Positional Breakdown 58 Matt Giampapa 97 Owen Williams 14 Geographical Breakdown 59 Stephen Griffin 98 Ethan Wolf 15 2015 Opponents 59 Chance Hall 99 #VolsNSD15 59 Andrew Henry 99 Micah Abernathy STAFF 60 Alton ‘Pig’ Howard 100 Venzell Boulware 20 Butch Jones 61 Jalen Hurd 100 Zac Jancek 22 Steve Stripling 63 Marcus Jackson 101 Sheriron Jones 22 Mike DeBord 63 Jauan Jennings 101 John Kelly 23 John Jancek 64 Jakob Johnson 101 Riley Lovingood 24 Willie Martinez 64 Johnathon Johnson 102 Justin Martin 24 Zach Azzanni 65 Lemond Johnson 102 Kahlil McKenzie 25 Mark Elder 66 Jack Jones 103 Darrell Miller 26 Robert Gillespie 66 Colton Jumper 103 Kyle Oliver 26 Don Mahoney 67 Alvin Kamara 103 Quay Picou 27 Tommy Thigpen 67 Todd Kelly Jr. 104 Drew Richmond 27 Dave Lawson 68 Brett Kendrick 104 Quart’e Sapp 28 Mike Vollmar 69 Kyler Kerbyson 105 Austin Smith 28 Chris Spognardi 69 Darrin Kirkland Jr. 105 Zach Stewart 29 Bob Welton 70 LaTroy Lewis 106 Darrell Taylor 29 Antone Davis 70 Curt Maggitt 106 Laszlo Toser 30 Joe Harrington 72 Josh Malone 107 Tommy Townsend 30 Condredge Holloway 73 Isaiah McDaniel 107 Preston Williams 31 Roger Frazier 73 Cortex McDowell 108 Eli Wolf 31 Allison Maurer 74 LaDarrell McNeil 31 Michael Szerszen 75 Aaron Medley 2014 REVIEW 32 Jason McVeigh 77 Dimarya Mixon 134 2014 Statistics 32 Dr. Chris Klenck 77 Emmanuel Moseley 124 The Last Time... 33 GAs/Quality Control Assistants 78 Charles Mosley 126 Utah State Recap 35 Support Staff 78 Marquez North 127 Arkansas State Recap 36 Dr. Jimmy Cheek 80 Danny O’Brien 128 Oklahoma Recap 36 Dr. Donald Bruce 81 Von Pearson 129 Georgia Recap 37 Dave Hart 82 Kyle Phillips 130 Florida Recap 39 Executive Athletics Staff 82 David Priddy 131 Chattanooga Recap 40 Senior Athletics Staff 83 Brian Randolph 132 Ole Miss Recap 85 Ray Raulerson 133 Alabama Recap TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS 85 Jalen Reeves-Maybin 134 South Carolina Recap 42 Aaron Adams 86 Jonathan Reynolds 135 Kentucky Recap 42 Max Arnold 87 Jashon Robertson 136 Missouri Recap 43 Patrick Ashford 87 Jaye Rochell 137 Vanderbilt Recap 43 Ryan Ault 87 Austin Sanders 138 TaxSlayer Bowl Recap 43 Derek Barnett 88 Trevarris Saulsberry 45 Dillon Bates 89 Devin Smith MEDIA INFORMATION 45 Chris Beck 89 Josh Smith 139 Spring Practice Schedule 45 Elliott Berry 89 Jayson Sparks 140 Spring Practice Guidelines 46 Evan Berry 90 Joe Stocstill 47 Dontavius Blair 90 Cameron Sutton 47 Cody Blanc 48 Will Bradshaw GUIDE CREDITS 48 A.J. Branisel The 2015 Tennessee Spring Football Guide has been compiled from information originally 49 Gavin Bryant presented on UTSports.com and previous Tennessee Football Media Guides. 49 George Bullock Editors: Jimmy Stanton, Jason Yellin, Mary-Carter Kniffen, MJ Burns, Jessie Butler 50 Andrew Butcher Cover Design: Jonathan King Photography: Donald Page, Randy Sartin, Andrew Bruckse and UTAD Photography 50 Kenny Bynum Printing: CCM Photo Books, to purchase visit VolPhotoBooks.com 51 Neiko Creamer The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA 51 Jason Croom institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services. 52 Mack Crowder 2 TENNESSEE FOOTBALL SPRING GUIDE f SPRING NOTES f 2014 HONORS GENERAL 2015 TAXSLAYER BOWL CHAMPS Derek Barnett Tennessee won its first bowl game since the 2008 FWAA Freshman All-American Team STAFF PLAYERS REVIEW PLAYERS STAFF Outback Bowl as the Vols dominated Iowa, 45-28, in Campus Insiders Defensive Freshman Of The Year the 70th TaxSlayer Bowl on Jan. 2, 2015 at EverBank Sporting News Freshman All-American Team Field in Jacksonville. The victory gave the Vols their Phil Steele All-SEC Second Team first winning season since 2009 as Tennessee closed Phil Steele Freshman All-American Team the campaign with a 7-6 record in Butch Jones’ second ESPN’s True Freshman All-American Team season on Rocky Top. All-SEC Associated Press Second Team All-SEC Coaches Second Team The win came in Tennessee’s 50th bowl game, Freshman All-SEC Team fourth-most of any program in college football history 247Sports Freshman All-American as the Vols are now 26-24 overall in postseason. The 26 Scout Freshman All-American wins are the sixth-most of any program all-time. Grantland National Rookie Of Year Tennessee scored its most points in a bowl since SEC Defensive Lineman Of The Week (11/17) beating Michigan 45-17 in the 2002 Citrus Bowl. The 45 points are the second-most in a bowl in Tennessee Joshua Dobbs history. The six touchdowns scored by the Vols ties the TaxSlayer Bowl MVP school record for most touchdowns in a bowl game, Athlon Sports National Player of The Week (11/2) previously set on three occasions at the 1994 Gator SEC Offense Player Of The Week (11/3) 247Sports National Performer Of Week (11/3) Bowl, 1997 Citrus Bowl and the 2002 Citrus Bowl. Manning Award Star Of Week (11/3) Quarterback Joshua Dobbs completed his first College Hall of Fame Performer Of Week (11/5) seven pass attempts of the game and finished 16- Manning Award Quarterback Of Week (11/6) of-21 for 129 yards with one passing touchdown. He Manning Award Star Of Week (11/17) also ran for 76 yards and an additional two scores on the ground. Dobbs finished with 205 total yards and Jacob Gilliam moved to 4-1 as the team’s starting quarterback this Associated Press All-Bowl Team season. Jalen Hurd After a stellar performance, Dobbs was named Campus Insiders Honorable Mention Freshman All-American the TaxSlayer Bowl MVP. With two rushing touch- SEC Freshman Of Week (9/8) downs, Dobbs became the first Tennessee quarterback to record multiple rushing touchdowns since Casey A.J. Johnson Clausen did so with two in the 2002 Citrus Bowl. All-SEC Honorable Mention (AP) Tailback Jalen Hurd ran for 122 yards, the most Lott IMPACT Trophy Player of Week (11/3) by a Vol in a bowl game since Travis Henry ran for 180 Preseason Coaches All-SEC First Team in the 2001 Cotton Bowl against Kansas State.