Five best and worst graded Tennessee Vols against Georgia

The Tennessee Volunteers got their doors blown off against the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday 38-10.  Outside of a 75-yard touchdown run by Jaylen Wright on the game's opening play, there wasn't much to celebrate for the Vols on Saturday.  Given the score, there was plenty of blame to go around in all three phases of […]

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The Tennessee Volunteers got their doors blown off against the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday 38-10.  Outside of a 75-yard touchdown run by Jaylen Wright on the game's opening play, there wasn't much to celebrate for the Vols on Saturday. 

Given the score, there was plenty of blame to go around in all three phases of the game.  However, that's not to say there weren't also some performances that weren't all that bad either.  

Here are the five highest and lowest graded Vols from Saturday, as provided by Pro Football Focus (only including players with at least 10 snaps). 

Top five

5) Eljiah Simmons 69.5.  Georgia's running backs didn't go off against the Vols, and that's in part because of the job Simmons did on the interior. 

4) James Pearce, Jr. – 70.7.  The Vols' talented edge rusher led all Tennessee defenders with three total pressures. 

3) Jaylen Wright – 73.4.  What is there to say?  Wright delivered when given the chance.  Too bad he only got nine touches.  

2) Omarr Norman-Lott – 79.3.  The Vols' junior defensive lineman led all Tennessee defenders with an 81.1 grade in run defense. 

1) Tyler Baron – 87.4.  Baron was solid overall.  He was the only player to earn a grade of 75.6 or higher in all applicable defensive categories (overall defense, run defense, tackling, pass rush). 

Bottom five

5) Dayne Davis – 52.6.  The redshirt senior's grade was anchored by a 40.7 pass blocking grade, worst among all offensive linemen. 

4) Ramel Keyton – 51.0.  It's been a forgettable season for the Vols' senior wide receiver, and Saturday was no exception.  He was targeted twice and had no catches.  

3) Kalib Perry – 48.6.  Perry had a solid 76.9 tackling grade but run defense and coverage grades submarined his overall score in 14 total snaps in reserve. 

2) Elijah Herring – 35.4.  Like Perry, he had a very good tackling score (80.2), but a dreadful run defense grade of 30.1 sunk his score.  Herring appeared to be routinely chasing ballcarriers from out of position. 

1) Andre Turrentine – 35.3.  A 34.3 coverage score stuck out for the Vols' safety, who appeared to completely blow his responsibility on the halfback pass touchdown from Dillon Bell to Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint.