It’s a season of change for Tennessee basketball. The Volunteers are likely to see parts of their core roster exit the program, and Rick Barnes has already added three reinforcements to the roster. Jordan Gainey, Dalton Knecht and Chris Ledlum have all joined Tennessee out of the portal. Knecht and Ledlum should have big roles next season, which likely keeps DJ Jefferson out of the rotation for another season.
Jefferson took a redshirt this past season, which was seemingly always the plan. A preseason injury that forced him to miss some time early on made that decision a little easier.