Tennessee Football’s official depth chart for the Florida game

A look at Tennessee Football’s official depth chart for Saturday night’s game against Florida, scheduled for a 7 Eastern Time start on ESPN. Here’s how the Vols will line up against the Gators:

Quarterback

Nico Iamaleava is 77-for-116 (.693) for 1,048 yards, seven touchdowns and two interceptions. He has rushed 36 times for 134 yards and has one rushing touchdown. Iamaleava is averaging 209.6 passing yards per game and has a quarterback rating of 158.73.

Gaston Moore has appeared in three games in mop-up duty, completing 11 of 16 passes for 163 yards and two touchdowns. Freshman Jake Merklinger is 6-for-9 for 48 yards and has rushed seven times for 30 yards.

Running Back

Dylan Sampson has rushed 91 times for 589 yards and 12 touchdowns. DeSean Bishop has ran 41 times for 306 yards and three touchdowns. Peyton Lewis has 17 carries for 118 yards and Cam Seldon has seven carries for 47 yards in three games.

Wide Receivers

Dont’e Thornton leads Tennessee in receiving yards and touchdowns, catching eight passes for 284 yards and three touchdowns. Bru McCoy 12 receptions for 200 yards and Chris Brazzell II has 13 catches for 161 yards and a touchdown. Squirrel White has a team-high 15 catches for 159 yards.

McCoy and White on Wednesday were listed as probable on Tennessee’s injury report for the Florida game and Thornton was listed as questionable.

Tight Ends

Holden Staes has six catches for 55 yards and a touchdown at tight end and Miles Kitselman has six catches for 78 yards and two touchdowns. Ethan Davis has five catches for 42 yards and a touchdown.

Offensive Line

Tennessee’s regular starters on the offensive line are Cooper Mays at center, Andrej Karic at left guard, Javontez Spraggins at right guard, Lance Heard at left tackle and John Campbell at right tackle. Heard returned at Arkansas after missing two games. Dayne Davis started at left tackle in place of Heard at Oklahoma and Larry Johnson replaced John Campbell at right tackle after Campbell left the game with an injury.

Defensive Line

Defensive End

LEO

Weakside Linebacker

Middle Linebacker

Cornerback

Safety

Star

Senior linebacker Keenan Pili leads the team with 28.0 tackles, with 11 solo and 17 assists. He has 1.5 tackles for and two quarterback hits. Arion Carter has 23.0 tackles, with seven solo and 16 assisted. Will Brooks also has 23.0 tackles while Jakobe Thomas has 14.0. Joshua Josephs , Jermod McCoy and Jeremiah Tealander have 13.0 tackles each.

Carter has a team-high 4.0 tackles for loss, just ahead of Tyre West with 3.5. Josephs and James Pearce Jr. both have 3.0. West leads the team with 2.0 sacks and Pearce has 1.5.

Pearce leads the Vols with five quarterback hits and Josephs has a pair of fumble recoveries and forced fumbles. McCoy and Brooks both have interceptions and McCoy and Carter lead the team with three passes broken up.

Special Teams

Max Gilbert is 10-for-11 on field goals with a long of 45. He missed a 53-yard attempt late against NC State. Jackson Ross has punted 17 times for 752 yards with two touch backs, three fair catches, five downed inside the 20 and three that went 50 or more yards.

Squirrel White has returned seven punts for a total of 112 yards, averaging 16.0 yards per return. Jermod McCoy has fielded two punts for 23 yards and Boo Carter has caught two for 55. Cameron Seldon has returned two kickoffs for 59 yards. Mike Matthews has also returned a kick 32 yards.

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