UT’S QBs, LBs AND SECONDARY: MORE POSITIONAL BREAKDOWNS

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Drew Edwards of The Knoxville News Sentinel continues his series of positional previews for the Vols’ upcoming season with three more breakdowns:

1)  Quarterback preview:  highly-touted Jonathan Crompton, who’s sat for two years behind Erik Ainge, finally gets his chance to be the man in Dave Clawson’s new offense.

2)  Linebacker preview:  with two of the Vols’ three starters departed, UT will need for talent to outweigh experience.

3)  Secondary preview:  talented players are everywhere, but there were a lot of rough spots for this unit last year.  Will they be able to be consistently good or will they continue to show flashes of brilliance?

“I think potential is a good word,” said defensive coordinator John Chavis.  “Potentially, we have a chance to be outstanding.”

Mike Strange follows up with a column on the much-maligned (by fans) man who oversees the secondary, Larry Slade.

“Everyone can coach the secondary it seems,” Slade said.  “That little old lady with orange hair in the stands knows when one of those guys gets beat.  She knows ‘em by name.  She knows the coach.  That’s part of the territory.”

Little old lady with orange hair?  Apparently Hazel is a Vol fan.