For the first time since the Josh Dobbs era, there wasn’t the first mention of quarterback battle in Knoxville. Jarrett Guarantano has the starting gig locked up entering his junior season, finally looking to settle in and become a difference maker within the offense.
With no veterans returning to the quarterback room, Tennessee is left with a couple of green options to backup Guarantano. Redshirt freshman J.T. Shrout and true freshman Brian Maurer make up the rest of the depth chart, creating a pretty large unknown on the roster.
“That’s one of the places that we don’t have an answer yet,” head coach Jeremy Pruitt said on Monday.