Going into the season, you had to feel pretty good about Tennessee’s wide receiver room. Kelsey Pope returned veterans Bru McCoy, Dont’e Thornton and Squirrel White, while adding big-time transfer Chris Brazzell from Tulane. Chas Nimrod and Kaleb Webb also returned after seeing their first significant playing time the year before.
On top of all that, Tennessee brought in five-star prospect Mike Matthews and four-star speedster Braylon Staley. The only question was simply this — how do you play them all? Josh Heupel notoriously hasn’t rotated his receivers much since taking the Tennessee job, but through a few games this season, that has seemingly changed.