Tennessee Football number changes; Vols roster updates for 2024

Tennessee released new jersey numbers on Monday and they release roster changes and a few things from those actually kind of stood out to me and I just kind of wanted to break those down because they were a little bit alarming if I'm going to be honest with you um let's start with the jersey numbers the most standout jersey number change was actually Brew McCoy he's gone from wearing number 15 the past two seasons to number five squirrel white has gone from wearing number 10 his first two seasons to number three um Andre tantine will wear jayen MC's old number number two Jordan Thomas has G from number 25 to number four Christian Harrison from number 29 to number five John Slaughter from number 33 to number 12 Ricky Gibson has gone from number 18 to number one and germon McCoy will now wear number three after weing number 13 in the spring that's the Oregon State transfer Temple transfer Jaya McMurray is going to wear number six after we number 12 in the spring an MTSU transfer jacobe Thomas who wore number 30 in the spring is now going to wear number nine Chaz Nimrod is wearing number 11 after he wore number 81 the past two seasons Chris braz award number 11 in the spring the two lane transfer but he's now wearing number 17 Richard freshman Ethan Davis the tight end War number 86 is as did walk on defensive back William Wright who wore I'm sorry retro freshman Ethan Davis the tight end wor wore number 86 last year walk on defensive back William Wright wore number 36 both are going to wear number zero now Stanford transfer defensive lineman Jackson boy Jackson Moy is now wearing number 51 even though he wore number 99 in the spring and freshman offensive lineman vion Lang is switching from number 51 to 54 defensive lineman Tyree Weatherby is now number 18 after wearing number 41 during his freshman season seon linebacker Caleb Perry is number eight after wearing number 40 the past two seasons among the Freshman Class Edwin spilman is wearing number 133 Caleb be we number is wearing number 25 freshman safety Edris faroo is at number 15 all changing numbers from the spring and on the offensive line Messi reic went from number 68 to 59 and Trevor Duncan went to number 67 to 65 this doesn't seem like a big thing Jersey changes happen all the time but when your big stars change your jersey numbers it kind of stands out and that is what Brew McCoy did and honestly it's weird to say but players that have changed their jersey numbers anecdotally it seems like in my experience have not had the same level of success they had had in the past the most notable one to me was Gerald Riggs he was a thousand yard rusher with Cedric Houston in 2004 rigs wor 31 Houston wor 21 rig switched to 21 after Houston was gone in 2005 and the 2005 season was a disaster rigs went down with the season ending injury just anecdotally things like that seem to happen more often than not jayen McCulla himself seem to be better with number 22 than he was with number with number two and it's his number that Andre tantine is taking so number jersey number Changers are kind of intriguing to me um another interesting one is that Emanuel Lacoy in terms of position changes has moved over to the defensive line now this could be for a few reasons look Tennessee is loaded at Edge rusher and it doesn't even matter that they lost Shane DAV and Bradley to the transfer portal or to hyon Community College um they absolutely loaded but Emanuel Lacoy was recruited as a tight end Edge rusher at 65243 coming out of Nigeria rare athletic Talent athletic talent that is untouched that very few have enjoyed in the past yet he's wearing I mean he is now on the defensive line this kind of a red flag A lot of people are excited about it but it just seems like he hasn't fine-tuned his skills because if he has that rare athletic talent and he's that size at 65243 there's nowhere else you'd rather put him than tight end or Edge rusher he's going to be a little bit out of place moving on the defensive line now we heard he was raw and it's hard to be too raw to play Edge rusher but maybe you can be so raw that that's an issue so the question becomes well why is he changing to the defensive line is it just out of lack of depth are they going to force him into a role that he's not good for though because then they're going to have to force him to put on weight will he maintain his athleticism when he puts on weight I don't know if I'm a fan of this but I think it actually has a lot to do with they may think he's a little too raw to ever develop a tight end and the truth of the matter is they are just loaded at add rusher but I mean loaded I mean loaded so truth of the matter is I think that might be the reason they're doing this it's a little odd it's a little interesting but um um I do think that Emanuel Lacoy moving to defensive line could actually be more of a red flag than many of you might think I again I don't know fully what to make out of it um it's it's a little bit it's a little bit odd I'm just going to say that I don't know if it's good news for Tennessee the way people think they're still finding dead tresser they have David Hobs they have Jordan Ross they have Caleb Herring obviously J those are guys who will all be there after James has gone this year Joshua Joseph is a solid Edge rusher Tennessee is going to be fine at Edge rusher they're absolutely loaded this is all based on the fact that they have such insane depth at the position that they honestly don't know what to do with themselves and I think they're trying to see if they can move ooy somewhere else and if he doesn't work out he doesn't work out sometimes that just happens but I will say that this isn't I don't think they're moving him there because of how great he could be there I think they're moving him there because they have they have some genuine issues with um what he can do at edress and they're worried about his ability to play and then they're also focusing on their depth and I think they're just making a depth move with him not a potential move but we're gonna have to see how that goes um the uh truth of the matter is sometimes you take a lot of these guys uh ooy himself came from an international NFL organization you take these guys for potential and talent and sometimes they just don't um they just don't work out Travis says that dline philosophy is hit your Gap get to the ball easy peasy that's true but that's also Ed rusher philosophy and with Edge rusher you don't even have to worry about the Gap you just have to get around the guy get around the tackle so if he's too raw for that how what's he going to do with defensive line because there is actually understanding a little bit and Dave made up the term years ago and it's true and I use it now too which is Gap integrity and understanding gaps on the defensive line can be a lot trickier than you may think in certain spots in particular and aoy is not going to be a pure on defensive tackle he's going to be a hybrid defensive tackle who does three technique five technique think what they want Dominic mey to be think what Caleb Haring and jqu Blakeley were a couple years ago that's really what they're looking for a Koy to be and so I look moving him this quickly that does somewhat stand out I I I mean we we do have to question that guys look so not everybody works out I think Tennesse will still be fine but that is something that we have to question the show is brought to you by Medicare missy we had some technical difficulties earlier getting this ad out let's try to do it again to see if it plays again the show brought to you by Medicare Misty 19 years this year I've been in the community since 1993 you're getting a lot of information unlike when you were working you basically they made the choice for you now you have to make the choice come to us and let us help you make it easy call Medicare Misty Medicare mti.com or 4237 77 5577 let us help film sleep at night and we 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