You can question how difficult the transition to a 3-4 defense will be for Tennessee football. It’a also fair to wonder about the transition to a pro-style offense and who will win the quarterback battle. Simply put, Jeremy Pruitt’s first team is bound to struggle in numerous ways as he inherits a team that was 4-8 last year and 0-8 in the SEC.
But there is one MAJOR bright spot. It revolves around the outside rushers. In switching up the defense, Pruitt moved Darrell Taylor and Jonathan Kongbo to outside linebacker. Both guys were solid last year, and they were once a four-star and five-star respectively in recruiting.