Vols Offseason Checklist: Secondary
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🗓️ 15 April 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
GoVols247’s Wes Rucker (from Fort Rucker Studio) and Patrick Brown (from his house at an undisclosed location across town) convened via the magic of Al Gore’s Internets to discuss an offseason checklist of sorts for Tennessee’s quarterbacks and wide receivers.
The secondary at Tennessee has always been a well-coached group under head coach Jeremy Pruitt and defensive coordinator Derrick Ansley, and the Vols return plenty of experience from last season.
Segment No. 1 of this episode focuses on Tennessee’s deep cornerback spots. That group — led by junior star Bryce Thompson — has the potential to become one of the SEC’s best in 2020, if junior Alontae Taylor, sophomore Warren Burrell, senior Kenneth George Jr. and others take a step forward.
A strong finish last season from Shawn Shamburger helped Tennessee solidify the crucial nickel spot in the secondary, and Shamburger will return for his senior season to give the Vols another important piece of the puzzle. Some discussion on Shamburger and the other options at nickel are included in the first segment.
The safeties take center stage in the second segment of this episode, and there’s plenty to discuss there, as well. Nigel Warrior last season finally became the All-SEC-caliber player so many expected him to be, but he was a senior and is currently preparing for the NFL Draft. Tennessee returns plenty of talent and experience at the safety positions, though, with sophomore Jaylen McCollough, junior Trevon Flowers and senior Theo Jackson expected to be the top three competitors for the starting spots. Others, including talented sophomore Tyus Fields, also hope to get themselves into the mix.
Discussion on Tennessee’s two (and potentially three) secondary newcomers — versatile athletes Keyshawn Lawrence and Tamarion McDonald, and safety Doneiko Slaughter — hope to get themselves in the mix, as well, and discussion on all three of those freshmen is included in this episode. There’s also discussion senior Baylen Buchanan, a former starter who will be back in the mix at cornerback if he’s able to overcome a complicated health situation that forced him to redshirt last season.
The next GoVols247 Podcast episode will be released Thursday, unless major breaking news occurs before that point.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi. Good morning, afternoon, afternoon, evening, brunch time, still quarantining time. |
| 0:25.0 | Lasis isn't getting really old time. |
| 0:30.0 | When will sports come back time? |
| 0:33.0 | Guess we don't know yet time. |
| 0:35.0 | Whatever time of day it is boys and girls, it's the right time for the GoValls 24-7 podcast. |
| 0:39.0 | West Rucker coming to you from Fort Rucker Studio here on a Wednesday afternoon. |
| 0:43.8 | Recording this late in the afternoon. |
| 0:45.3 | Probably going to go ahead and drop it late in the afternoon or early in the evening |
| 0:48.2 | as soon as we can get it cleaned up. |
| 0:51.2 | And you know why we might have to get it cleaned up because we have a dirty |
| 0:54.7 | dirty fellow as the co-host on this episode of the Go Falls 24-7 podcast from |
| 0:59.0 | Parts Unknown and we don't really say where he is because we know how he is |
| 1:03.0 | know how he is with that it's our good friend the one and only Tennessee |
| 1:07.2 | football beat writer for go balls 24 seven |
| 1:09.7 | Patrick Brown what's up Pat? |
| 1:19.0 | I'm not that dirty, first of all, because I have showered in the last 24 hours. That's true. |
| 1:20.0 | I think I actually take a shower. |
| 1:22.0 | Allegedly, baby. I actually took a shower right before we recorded this episode so this is probably as clean as I could possibly be |
| 1:30.1 | At this moment. I did not well that's okay. I mean you know it's the quarantine who really knows right does it really matter does anything matter anymore |
| 1:40.4 | Yeah, last stuff matters Well Pat without getting... |
| 1:43.0 | But it... |
| 1:44.0 | But showering is doesn't matter because you're probably not leaving your house so... |
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