Every year there are a handful of players that can make or break a football team. That statement remains true for the Vols in 2018, despite relatively low expectations in what should be a transition year.
If the Vols are going to be any good and challenge for a bowl bid this season, these five players need to either turn a corner or emerge as playmakers pretty quickly.
Kongbo simply has not lived up to the hype to this point in his Tennessee career, but that can be said for many of the highly-touted defensive line recruits that Butch Jones pulled in during his time.